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The Venture of Islam, Volume 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times pattern enlightening and clarifying introductions toThe Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University