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160 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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An illustrated history of the Arab conquests of the Middle East begins with Muhammad's life and revelations and covers events from the early period of the Muslim community as it struggled to survive to its expansion and dominance over the Arabian peninsula.
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220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
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English
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Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam -- from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century -- exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground...
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xxiii, 309 pages : maps ; 25 cm
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English
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Caliphate is a grand and sweeping history of the caliphate since the death of the prophet Mohammed until the last official caliph in the 13th Century, and its modern incarnations under various Islamist groups today. Contrary to popular belief, Islamic law is not a codified set of legislations, and thus there cannot be one definition of the role of the caliph. Rather, this title has been the subject of serious debate and transformation over time. In...
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