The Crucible of Islam

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.

A propos de l'auteur

G. W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: G. W. Bowersock, G W Bowersock
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 31.05.2019
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Autres religions
• EAN: 9780674237728
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23772-8
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Dimensions (emballage): 11 x 18,4 x 1,6 cm
• Catégories: Islam, Altertum, Koran, Antike, Medina, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Arabien, Abraham, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Nahost, Andere Weltreligionen, Arabische Halbinsel, Mittlerer Osten, Weltreligionen, Allah, Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, comparative religion, Weltreligionen / Islam, Religion / Weltreligionen, Asien / Geschichte, Naher Osten - Nahost, Osten / Mittlerer Osten, Südarabien, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Islam / History, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, Axum, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Qur’ān, Mecca; Abraham; Allah; Koran; Axum; Abd al- Malik; Dome of the Rock; ‘Abdallah ibn al- Zubayr; Ka‘ba; Medina; Qur’ān; Abraha; al-Qalīs, Ṣan‘ā; Sophronius; Temple in Jerusalem; Umayyad dynasty; ‘Umar ibn al- Khaṭṭāb, Temple in Jerusalem, Umayyad dynasty, Dome of the Rock, Abraha, al-Qalīs, Ṣan‘ā, Ka‘ba, Sophronius, ‘Abdallah ibn al- Zubayr, ‘Umar ibn al- Khaṭṭāb, Abd al- Malik