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DESCRIPTION
This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a hugely valuable source of information on Arab history. Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it unrolls one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history, telling with insight the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay. For this revised tenth edition, Walid Khalidis timely Preface emphasises that now, more than ever, this magisterial work is of vital importance to the on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Revised Tenth Edition
Preface to the Tenth Edition
Preface to the First Edition
PART I: THE PRE-ISLAMIC WORLD
PART II: THE RISE OF ISLAM AND THE CALIPHAL STATE
PART III: THE UMAYYAD AND ABBASID EMPIRES
PART IV: THE ARABS IN EUROPE: SPAIN AND SICILY
PART V: THE LAST OF THE MEDIEVAL MOSLEM STATES
PART VI: OTTOMAN RULE AND INDEPENDENCEISBN - 9780333993491
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Pages : 848
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