Islam
Subtitle: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: February 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300094220
Subjects: History of religion; Islamic studies; Social history; History; Religion - Church History; History: World; Islamic countries; Islam - General; Religion / Islam; General; Islam; Islamic Empire
First sentence: IN THE LATE SIXTH AND EARLY SEVENTH CENTURIES, TWO great powers-the Byzantines and the Sasanians-ruled the Near East.