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Islam - Empire Of Faith
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Product Details
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: Karpo Acimovic-Godina
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- EAN: 9780780635357
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- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 0780635353
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- Label: Pbs (Direct)
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- Manufacturer: Pbs (Direct)
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- Number of Items: 2
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Pbs (Direct)
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- Release Date: 2001-05-15
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- Studio: Pbs (Direct)
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- Title: Islam - Empire Of Faith
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- UPC: 794054851137
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Product Description: Islam: Empire of Faith is the epic PBS documentary that charts the history of Islam from its beginnings in Mecca and Medina in the seventh century to the glory of the Ottoman Empire 1,000 years later. The demonization of Islam by the West has a long history, stretching back to the First Crusade at the end of the 11th century. This documentary redresses the balance by showing the riches of Islamic culture and the vital role played by Islam in preserving and building upon ancient wisdom from East and West at a time when most of Europe was stumbling through the Dark Ages. Muslim physicians, mathematicians, and astronomers stretched the boundaries of human knowledge, and Muslim architects created some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Islam also offers fascinating insights into key personalities, from Muhammad himself--a simple merchant whose vision of a single deity forged warring tribes into a nation--to great conquerors such as Mehmed and Suleyman, who presided over an empire that stretched from Spain to India. The faith itself is clearly explained, and interviews with historians and religious scholars bring home both its simplicity and the way that it survived huge cultural changes (like the Mongol invasions of the 13th century) to emerge stronger than ever. Islam has often been misunderstood in the West, but this splendid documentary helps to set the record straight. --Simon Leake
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Customer Reviews
Deep drilling into Islam
This DVD shows the points of view of many professors and specialists about Islam. It also shows the begining of Islam and how was it prevalenced through Mecca. The DVD talks about the difficulties of the journey of the prophet Mohammad (pbuh), and then the triumph of spredaing Islam in the Arabian peninsula, and then to the whole wide world.
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Not so much
Covering most of the Islamic era history in a shallow way, and choosing deliberately an actors with bad look to represent muslims in such a barbaric look.
I dont advice to see it, will add only bad imprission about islam.
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corporate agenda
After watching this documentary . I wondered what was the need of allowing so much time to cover the story of the life and activities of SULTAN OF TURKEY (that was the most boring part of it). it would have been nice if the producer had utilized that time to explore the esoteric side of Islam as well. the idea of this documentary must have hatched out of some corporate agenda.
I did not like this at all and will not waste my time to watch it again.
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Informative and Beautiful
This is one of my first introductions to the history of Islam and Islamic civilization (from its origins in Mecca and Medina, to the Ottoman leader Suleiman the Magnificent who died in 1566), so I can't speak to its theological accuracy. That said, it told an enormous story with sensitivity and beauty. The production values were superb. Its filming of palaces, forts, mosques, and countryside, as well as the historical reenactments, were beautiful to look at. Ben Kingsley is a great narrator, and the scholary commentary was informative. I would have given it 5 stars, but no other video in the Empires series, (that I have seen so far,) deserves that august rank other than The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. Enjoy!
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comprehensive and very updated . fundamental historical review
In modern days its fundamental to know the past to understand the present. This film is very comprehensive and very updated . It is a fundamental historical review
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