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In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire (Ancient Warfare and Civilization) Hardcover - 2014 - 1st Edition

by Hoyland, Robert G

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Oxford University Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($29.95 price intact). Published by Oxford University Press, 2015. Octavo. Yellow boards stamped in black. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 303 pages. ISBN: 978199916368. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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  • Title In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire (Ancient Warfare and Civilization)
  • Author Hoyland, Robert G
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 161471
  • ISBN 9780199916368 / 0199916365
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.42 x 1.03 in (24.23 x 16.31 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Islamic Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Islamic Empire - History - 622-661, Islamic Empire - History - 661-750
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013043047
  • Dewey Decimal Code 909.097

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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 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 historians for centuries. Most accounts of the Arab invasions have been based almost solely on the early Muslim sources, which were composed centuries later to illustrate the divinely chosen status of the Arabs.

Robert Hoyland's groundbreaking new history assimilates not only the rich biographical information of the early Muslim sources but also the many non-Arabic sources, contemporaneous or near-contemporaneous with the conquests. In God's Path begins with a broad picture of the Late Antique world prior to the Prophet's arrival, a world dominated by two superpowers: Byzantium and Sasanian Persia. In between these empires, emerged a distinct Arabian identity, which helped forge the inhabitants of western Arabia 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--all played critical 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, comprehensive, and eminently readable, In God's Path presents a sweeping narrative of a transformational period in world history.

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  • Books & Culture, 11/01/2014, Page 11
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 02/06/2015, Page 18

About the author

Professor of Late Antique and Early Islamic Middle Eastern History at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Robert G. Hoyland is the author of Arabia and the Arabs.

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