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Autore |
Hoyland Robert G. <1966-> |
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In God's path : the Arab conquests and the creation of an Islamic empire / / Robert G. Hoyland |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-19-020965-8 |
0-19-061857-4 |
0-19-991637-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Ancient Warfare and Civilization |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Islamic Empire History 622-661 |
Islamic Empire History 661-750 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Series""; ""In God�s Path""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One The Setting""; ""Chapter Two The First Battles (630�640)""; ""Chapter Three Eastward and Westward (640�652)""; ""Chapter Four The Push for Constantinople (652�685)""; ""Chapter Five The Great Leap Forward (685�715)""; ""Chapter Six Retrenchment and Revolt (715�750)""; ""Chapter Seven The Making of Islamic Civilization""; ""Appendix: Sources and Source Critical Remarks""; ""Timeline""; ""Dramatis Personae"" |
""Genealogical Tables of Quraysh and the Umayyads""""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750--the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain. Their armies threatened states as far flung as the Franks in Western Europe and the Tang Empire in China. The conquered territory was larger than the Roman Empire at its greatest expansion, and it was |
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