Arabs : a 3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires / Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Arabs : a 3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires / Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Arabs : a 3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires / Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/1931
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxvi, 630 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword : the wheel and the hourglass -- Introduction : gathering the word -- Emergence: 900 BC- AD 600 -- Revolution: 600-630 -- Dominance: 630-900 -- Decline: 900-1350 -- Eclipse: 1350-1800 -- Emergence: 1800-now -- Afterword : in the station of history -- Chronology.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more...
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Arabs : a 3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires / Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/1931
Record Identifier
74VKVBojZm8Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBojZm8Z
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ISBN
9780300180282 hardcover
0300180284 hardcover
DDC
909.04927
MMS ID
991024241605802626
