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The great Arab conquests : how the spread of Islam changed the world we live in / Hugh Kennedy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- Islamic Empire--History.
- Islamic Empire.
- History.
- Islamic Empire--Foreign relations.
- International relations.
- Islamic civilization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 421 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.
- Contents:
- Remembrance of things past
- The foundations of conquest
- The conquest of Syria and Palestine
- The conquest of Iraq
- The conquest of Egypt
- The conquest of Iran
- Into the Maghreb
- Crossing the Oxus
- The road to Samarqand
- Furthest east and furthest west
- The war at sea
- Voices of the conquered.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [398]-408) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780297846574
- 0297846574
- OCLC:
- 84150804
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