The Crucible of Islam

Informationen zum Autor G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Klappentext Little is known about sixth-century Arabia. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from Iberia to India. G. W. Bowersock illuminates this obscure yet most dynamic period in Islam, exploring why arid Arabia proved to be fertile ground for Muhammad¿s message and why it spread so quickly to the wider world. Zusammenfassung Little is known about sixth-century Arabia. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from Iberia to India. G. W. Bowersock illuminates this obscure yet most dynamic period in Islam! exploring why arid Arabia proved to be fertile ground for Muhammad's message and why it spread so quickly to the wider world.

Product details

• Authors: G W Bowersock, G. W. Bowersock
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780674057760
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05776-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 119 mm x 188 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Islam, Antike, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, HISTORY / Ancient / General, comparative religion, Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte, Islam / Geschichte, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, RELIGION / Islam / History, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Middle Eastern history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE