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Beginning with the flight of Muhammad from Medina in the seventh century and ending with an assessment of the religion today, Karen Armstrong shows how social justice and compassion have always been central to the Islamic world-view.

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A short history of the Balkans from the Romans to the present, which provides vital historical and cultural background to contemporary Balkan politics and offers the reader a fresh view of the region's relationship with Europe as a whole.