The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century by Hugh Kennedy

The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century

Hugh Kennedy

440 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Based on original Arabic sources, the new edition of this well-established text has been comprehensively revised. The book covers the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, through the great days of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates (8th-10th c...

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