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Title In the shadow of the sword : the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire / Tom Holland.

Publication Info. New York : Anchor Books, 2013.
Edition 1st Anchor Books ed.

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 Lyme Adult Nonfiction   956.013 HOL    AVAILABLE
 North Haven Adult Nonfiction   956.013 Holland, Tom    AVAILABLE
Description x, 526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Note Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2012
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 481-507) and index.
Contents Introduction. Known unknowns -- Jahiliyya. Iranshahr -- New Rome ; The children of Abraham ; Countdown to apocalypse -- Hijra. More questions than answers ; The forging of Islam -- Envoi : plus ca change? -- Timeline -- Dramatis personae
Summary In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In The Shadow of the Sword, Tom Holland explores how this came about. Spanning Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement
Subject Islam -- History.
Islamic Empire -- History.
Added Title Birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire
ISBN 9780307473653 paperback
0307473651 paperback