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In God's Path
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 afield 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 of time is a question that has perplexed historians for centuries. Most recent popular accounts have been based almost solely on the early Muslim sources, which were composed centuries later for the purpose of demonstrating that God had chosen the Arabs as his vehicle for spreading Islam throughout the world. In this ground-breaking new history, distinguished Middle East expert Robert G. Hoyland assimilates not only the rich biographical and geographical information of the early Muslim sources but also the many non-Arabic sources, contemporaneous or near-contemporaneous with the conquests. The story of the conquests traditionally begins with the revelation of Islam to Muhammad. In God's Path, however, begins with a broad picture of the Late Antique world prior to the Prophet's arrival, a world dominated by the two superpowers of Byzantium and Sasanian Persia, \"the two eyes of the world.\" In between these empires, in western (Saudi) Arabia, emerged a distinct Arab identity, which helped weld its members into a formidable fighting force. The Arabs are the principal actors in this drama yet, as Hoyland shows, the peoples along the edges of Byzantium and Persia-the Khazars, Bulgars, Avars, and Turks-also played important roles in the remaking of the old world order. The new faith propagated by Muhammad and his successors made it possible for many of the conquered peoples to join the Arabs in creating the first Islamic Empire. Well-paced and accessible, In God's Path presents a pioneering new narrative of one the great transformational periods in all of history.
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Arabia and the Arabs
Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants and warriors Arabia and the Arabs provides the only up-to-date, one-volume survey of the region and its peoples, from prehistory to the coming of Islam Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the south, to the deserts and oases of the north. He then examines the major themes of *the economy *society *religion *art, architecture and artefacts *language and literature *Arabhood and Arabisation The volume is illustrated with more than 50 photographs, drawings and maps.
\"In this highly original book, Hoyland gives us a rare glimpse into the society and culture of Arabia before the advent of Islam in the seventh century. Hoyland challenges the myth of pre-Islamic Arabia as culturally barren and demonstrates the social vitality of everyday life in the area. The narrative is enhanced by numerous maps, figures and plates. Highly recommended for academic and large public libraries.\" - Library Journal
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في السبيل إلى الله : الفتوحات العربية وتكوين الإمبراطورية الإسلامية /
يقدم هذا الكتاب رؤية مختلفة عن تكوين الإمبراطورية العربية الإسلامية للفترة من ظهور الإسلام حتى نهاية الحكم الأموي، وتعتمد على استخدام المصادر غير الإسلامية للفترة موضوع الدراسة، كالنقوش والبرديات والحوليات المسيحية وغير المسيحية التي أكدت أن العرب كانوا يخدمون في الجيوش البيزنطية والفارسية في الفترة قبل الإسلام بوقت طويل ؛ وأحرزوا تدريبا قيما على استخدام الأسلحة والخطط العسكرية في الجيوش الامبراطورية. وأشارت هذه المصادر أيضا إلى أننا يجب رؤية الكثير من تحالف النبي محمد مع القبائل العربية في غرب الجزيرة العربية، البدو منهم والمستقرين، ليس بوصفهم مجرد خارجيين يبحثون عن الغنائم وسلب الإمبراطوريات ونهبها ؛ إنما عناصر داخلية تبحث عن مشاركة في ثروات أسيادهم الإمبراطوريين.
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Iran in the early Islamic period : politics, culture, administration and public life between the Arab and the Seljuk conquests, 633-1055
This book presents a translation of Bertold Spuler's groundbreaking work on the transformation of Iran from a Persian Zoroastrian Empire to a province of the Arab Muslim Empire to a land divided by a number of Persian and Turkish kingdoms.
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Islamic cultures, Islamic contexts : essays in honor of Professor Patricia Crone
This volume brings together articles on various aspects of the intellectual and socialhistories of Islamicate societies and of the traditions and contexts that contributed to theirformation and evolution. Written by leading scholars who span three generations andwho cover such diverse fields as Late Antique Studies, Islamic Studies, Classics, and JewishStudies, the volume is a testament to the breadth and to the sustained, deep impact of thecorpus of the honoree, Professor Patricia Crone.Contributors are: David Abulafia, Asad Q. Ahmed, Karen Bauer, Michael Cooperson, Hannah Cotton, David M. Eisenberg, Khaled El-Rouayheb, Matthew S. Gordon, Gerald Hawting, Judith Herrin, Robert Hoyland, Bella Tendler Krieger, Margaret Larkin, Maria Mavroudi, Christopher Melchert, Pavel Pavlovitch, David Powers, Chase Robinson, Behnam Sadeghi, Adam Silverstein, Devin Stewart, Guy Stroumsa, D. G. Tor, Kevin van Bladel, David J. Wasserstein, Chris Wickam, Joseph Witztum, F. W. Zimmermann
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