03079nam 2200613 450 991046370150332120200520144314.00-19-020965-80-19-061857-40-19-991637-3(CKB)2670000000570631(EBL)1789284(OCoLC)893186808(SSID)ssj0001369790(PQKBManifestationID)11914977(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001369790(PQKBWorkID)11290829(PQKB)10530026(MiAaPQ)EBC1789284(Au-PeEL)EBL1789284(CaPaEBR)ebr10952681(CaONFJC)MIL650462(EXLCZ)99267000000057063120141025h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn God's path the Arab conquests and the creation of an Islamic empire /Robert G. HoylandOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (321 p.)Ancient Warfare and CivilizationDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-991636-5 1-322-19182-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Series""; ""In Godâ€?s Path""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One The Setting""; ""Chapter Two The First Battles (630â€?640)""; ""Chapter Three Eastward and Westward (640â€?652)""; ""Chapter Four The Push for Constantinople (652â€?685)""; ""Chapter Five The Great Leap Forward (685â€?715)""; ""Chapter Six Retrenchment and Revolt (715â€?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""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 claimed for the Arabs in roughly half the time. How this collection of Arabian tribes was able to engulf so many empires, states, and armies in such a short period has perplexed historiansAncient warfare and civilization.Islamic EmpireHistory622-661Islamic EmpireHistory661-750Electronic books.909/.09767Hoyland Robert G.1966-898389MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463701503321In God's path2007240UNINA