Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live in

Today's Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. In just over one hundred years following the death...
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Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live in by Kennedy, Hugh

Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live in

$265.74

Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live in

$265.74
Author: Hugh Kennedy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Today's Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. In just over one hundred years following the death of Mohammed in 632, Arabs had subjugated a territory with an east-west expanse greater than the Roman Empire, and they did it in about one-half the time. By the mid-eighth century, Arab armies had conquered the thousand-year-old Persian Empire, reduced the Byzantine Empire to little more than a city-state based around Constantinople, and destroyed the Visigoth kingdom of Spain. The cultural and linguistic effects of this early Islamic expansion reverberate today. This is the first popular English-language account in many years of this astonishing remaking of the political and religious map of the world. Hugh Kennedy's sweeping narrative reveals how the Arab armies conquered almost everything in their path, and brings to light the unique characteristics of Islamic rule. One of the few academic historians with a genuine talent for story telling, Kennedy offers a compelling mix of larger-than-life characters, fierce battles, and the great clash of civilizations and religions.

Author: Hugh Kennedy
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 12/09/2008
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780306817403


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/18/2009 pg. 20

About the Author
Hugh Kennedy is a professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London. The author of many books, including The Courts of the Caliphs and The Great Arab Conquests, Kennedy lives in London and Scotland, Great Britain.

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