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In God's Path - The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire

By: Oxford University Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Oxford University Press)

Last Stocked on 10/21/2024

Product Info

Title
In God's Path - The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
Category
Author
Robert G. Hoyland
Publish Year
2017
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.25x9.25x1"
NKG Part #
2148036413
Type
Softcover

Description

In just over a hundred years, from the death of the Mohammed in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750, the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its greatest expansion, and it was claimed for the Arabs in roughly half the time. How they were able to engulf so many empires, states, and armies in such a short period of time is a question which has engaged historians since at least the ninth century. Most recent popular accounts have been based almost solely on the early Muslim sources, which were, in short, salvation history, composed for the purpose of demonstrating that God had chosen the Arabs as his vehicle for spreading Islam throughout the world.