The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
Contributors: Ira M. Lapidus (Foreword, Editor); Francis Robinson (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780521669931
Subjects: Islam; World history; Islamic History; History - General History; Religion; Other Geographical Groupings, Oceans & Seas; Islam - General; Middle East - General; Islam - History; Religion / Islam
First sentence: Of the Middle East in about AD 600 one thing can be said for certain: its chances of being conquered by Arab tribesmen in the name of a new religion were so remote that nobody had even speculated that it might happen.