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):

Islamic Empire--History.

Islamic Empire.

Islamic Empire--Civilization.

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>From a leading expert in Arabic history, an engaging history of the great Islamic expansion that carved out an empire from Spain to Asia</div>

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; List of Maps; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; FOREWORD: REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST; 1} THE FOUNDATIONS OF CONQUEST; 2} THE CONQUEST OF SYRIA AND PALESTINE; 3} THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ; 4} THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT; 5} THE CONQUEST OF IRAN; 6} INTO THE MAGHREB; 7} CROSSING THE OXUS; 8} THE ROAD TO SAMARQAND; 9} FURTHEST EAST AND FURTHEST WEST; 10} THE WAR AT SEA; 11} VOICES OF THE CONQUERED; 12} CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-306-81728-4

0-7867-2713-6

OCLC:

608623322