The Formation of Islam
Subtitle: Religion and Society in the Near East, 6001800 (Themes in Islamic History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 23, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780521582148
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Middle East; Islam; History - General History; Literary Criticism; Middle East - General; Islam - General; History / Middle East; Civilization; History; Religion
First sentence: The millenium or so before the rise of Islam in the early seventh century CE was a period of enormously rich social and cultural development in the lands that form the subject of this book.