description: This history of the countries where Arabic is the main language of speech and culture, stretching from Morocco to Iraq, covers the period from the 7th to the 10th century, when the new religion of Islam carried the Arabic language with it and created an Arabic Muslim world. The story is carried up to the 1980s and the author shows how Arab history is intertwined with some of the great processes of world history. The author has also written "Europe and the Middle East" and "The Emergence of the Modern Middle East".
language: English
title: A History of the Arab Peoples
titlecomplete: A History of the Arab Peoples
characters: Mehmed II, Saddam Hussein, Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Anwar Sadat, Lawrence of Arabia, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Muhammad (Quran)
genres: Historical, Religion, Reference, Politics, Nonfiction, Audiobook, World History, Islam, Africa, History
ratings_count: 4147
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: PROSE Award
category: History, Government & Political Science
publisher: Faber & Faber (UK)