In the Shadow of the Sword The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire 1st Edition by Tom Holland ISBN 0385531354 978-0385531351
Original price was: $50.00.$35.00Current price is: $35.00.
In the Shadow of the Sword The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire 1st Edition by Tom Holland – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery:0385531354, 978-0385531351
Full download In the Shadow of the Sword The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire 1st Edition after payment
Product details:
ISBN 10: 0385531354
ISBN 13: 978-0385531351
Author: Tom Holland
The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam. No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominionexcept that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the daynot by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.
Table of contents:
1 Known Unknowns 3
II Jahiliyya
2 Iranshahr 61
3 New Rome 123
4 The Children of Abraham 195
5 Countdown to Apocalypse 249
III Hijra
6 More Questions than Answers 299
7 The Forging of Islam 367
Envoi: Plus Ça Change? 429
Timeline 433
Dramatis Personae 437
Glossary 443
Notes 449
Bibliography 481
Index 508
About the Author 527
People also search for:
non in the shadow of the sword
in the shadow of the sword pdf
in the shadow of the sword tom holland
a shadow in the wind summary
Tags: Tom Holland, Shadow, Sword, Islam