Find 6 quotes from the book What Went Wrong By Bernard Lewis and explain their significance. Please help! Having trouble finding significant quotes
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I don't have the book.
Neither do I. What is the book about? What points does the author make to support his idea that something went wrong? Those are the places you'll find "significant" quotations.
@ MS SUE: okay? Then why comment. neither do I. I was hoping someone might have read it or could find some links online to help. That’s the whole point of this website.
@ REED: I don’t have it either unfortunately. The main idea of the book is that throughout recent history, specifically beginning with the failure of the second Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, the Islamic world has failed to adapt or to maintain pace with the Western world. Resulting in failure that has been displayed to many within the Islamic world as having acknowledged Western powers to achieve a devastating position of dominance over those regions. Lewis examines the sorrowful response of the Islamic world as it attempted to comprehend how they had been overruled and dominated by the West. He portrays how a culture in commotion prioritizes their attention on comprehending European defense systems, leadership, schooling and culture. He likewise depicts how some Middle Easterners affixed fault on a progression of victims, while others asked where did we go wrong. I WAS HOPING SOMEONE COULD HELP DIRECT ME TO SOME QUOTES OR ONLINE LINK. Thank you!
@ REED: I don’t have it either unfortunately. The main idea of the book is that throughout recent history, specifically beginning with the failure of the second Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, the Islamic world has failed to adapt or to maintain pace with the Western world. Resulting in failure that has been displayed to many within the Islamic world as having acknowledged Western powers to achieve a devastating position of dominance over those regions. Lewis examines the sorrowful response of the Islamic world as it attempted to comprehend how they had been overruled and dominated by the West. He portrays how a culture in commotion prioritizes their attention on comprehending European defense systems, leadership, schooling and culture. He likewise depicts how some Middle Easterners affixed fault on a progression of victims, while others asked where did we go wrong. I WAS HOPING SOMEONE COULD HELP DIRECT ME TO SOME QUOTES OR ONLINE LINK. Thank you!
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