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Witnesses to a World Crisis - Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century (Hardcover) Loot Price: R6,058
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Witnesses to a World Crisis - Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century (Hardcover): James...

Witnesses to a World Crisis - Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century (Hardcover)

James Howard-Johnston

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James Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping and highly readable account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian), and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation (610-52 AD). Warfare looms large, especially where operations can be followed in some detail, as in Iraq 636-40, in Egypt 641-2 and in the long-drawn out battle for the Mediterranean (649-98). As the first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in the important non-Islamic as well as Islamic sources Witnesses to a World Crisis is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modern Middle East, and the jihadist impulse, which is as evident today as it was in the seventh century.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2010
First published: July 2010
Authors: James Howard-Johnston
Dimensions: 238 x 163 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920859-3
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
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LSN: 0-19-920859-X
Barcode: 9780199208593

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