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

Zusatztext a lucid and enlightening work that is surely to become the standard popular history of early Islam for many years to come Informationen zum Autor Hugh Kennedy studied Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies before reading Arabic, Persian and History at Cambridge. Since 1972 he has taught in the Department of Mediaeval History at the University of St. Andrews. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000. Klappentext A popular history of the Arab invasions that carved out an empire from Spain to ChinaA popular history of the Arab invasions that carved out an empire from Spain to China Zusammenfassung A popular history of the Arab invasions that carved out an empire from Spain to China

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Kennedy
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2008
• EAN: 9780753823897
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-2389-7
• No. of pages: 421
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 210 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / World, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, General and world history, Islamic countries