The rise of Islam / Matthew S. Gordon.
The rise of Islam / Matthew S. Gordon.
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N297.09021/ 4
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English
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Physical content
xxxv, 180 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Historical overview -- The Arab-Islamic conquests -- The Umayyad caliphate -- Cities in the early Abbasid period -- Religious practice, law and spirituality -- The Islamic world in the early tenth century.
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2005.
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"The opening chapter provides an outline of the history of early Islamic society over a period of roughly three centuries, from the early 7th to the early 10th centuries, concentrating on pre-Islamic Arab countries and the life of the Prophet. Subsequent chapters treat Arab-Islamic conquests; the early Islamic empire; and society and religion, part...
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The rise of Islam / Matthew S. Gordon.
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Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N297.09021/ 4
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74VKqqWJrPR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqqWJrPR3
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ISBN
0313325227 (alk. paper)
9780313325229 (alk. paper)
DDC
297.09021
MMS ID
991020177329702626
