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In God's path : the Arab conquests and the creation of an Islamic empire /

In just over a hundred years -- from the death of Muhammad 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. Their armies threatened states as far flung as the Franks in Western Europe and the T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoyland, Robert G., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Colección:Ancient warfare and civilization.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The setting
  • AD 630-40 the first battles
  • AD 640-52 eastwards and westwards
  • AD 652-90 the fight for Byzantium
  • AD 690-715 the great leap forward
  • AD 715-50 retrenchment and revolt
  • The making of islamic civilization
  • Chroniclers of the conquests and some source critical remarks.