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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates
Hugh N. Kennedy
其他書名
The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century
出版Pearson/Longman, 2004
主題Biography & Autobiography / RoyaltyHistory / GeneralHistory / Asia / GeneralHistory / Middle East / GeneralHistory / Europe / Medieval
ISBN05824052549780582405257
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Wux0lWbxs1kC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"The Prophet and the Age of Caliphates is an accessible guide to the history of the Near East from c.600-1050 A.D., the period in which Islamic society was formed. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, Kennedy goes on to explore the great Arab conquests of the seventh century and the golden age of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates when the world of Islam was politically and culturally far more developed than the West. A period of political fragmentation shattered this early unity, never to be recovered." "This book deals with issues of continuing and increasing relevance in the twenty-first century, when it is, perhaps, more important than ever to understand the early development of the Islamic world. General readers and scholars of early Islamic history will find Kennedy's book a clear, informative and readable introduction to the subject."--Page 4 de la couverture.