Arabs in History

Name: Arabs in History
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ISBN: 9780192803108

ISBN-10: 0192803107

ISBN-13: 9780192803108

Edition: 2nd 1993

Authors: Bernard Lewis

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`Whoever lives in our country, speaks our language, is brought up in our culture and takes pride in our glory is one of us.' Thus ran a declaration of modern leaders of Arab states. But what exactly is an Arab, and what has been their place in the course of human history? In this well-established classic, Professor Lewis examines the key issues of Arab development - their identity, the national revival which cemented the creation of the Islamic state, and the social and economic pressures that destroyed the Arab kingdom and created the Islamic empire. He analyses the forces which contributed to that empire's eventual decline, and the effects of growing Western influence. Today, with the…

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List price: $20.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



List of Maps


Introduction



Arabia Before Islam



Muhammad and the Rise of Islam



The Age of the Conquests



The Arab Kingdom



The Islamic Empire



'The Revolt of Islam'



The Arabs in Europe



Islamic Civilization



The Arabs in Eclipse



The Impact of the West


Chronological Table