The Arabs
Subtitle: A Short History
Publisher: Gateway Editions
Published: January 25, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780895267061
Subjects: Middle East - History; Islamic Empire; History - General History; History: World; World - General; Middle East - General; Civilization; History / General; Civilization, Arab; Arabs; History
First sentence: One hundred years after the death of Muhammad his followers were the masters of an empire greater than that of Rome at its zenith, an empire extending from the Bay of Biscay to the Indus and the confines of China and from the Aral Sea to the lower cataracts of the Nile.