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The rise of Islam / Matthew S. Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Matthew.
- Series:
- Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--History.
- Islam.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- The explosion of Islam out of Arabia in the seventh century was one of the seminal events in world history.
- Contents:
- Historical overview
- The Arab-Islamic conquests
- The Umayyad caliphate, 661-750, and the crisis of authority
- Cities in the early Abbasid period
- Religious practice, law and spirituality in the early Abbasid era
- The Islamic world in the early tenth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313325227
- OCLC:
- 57613641
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