Title: Witnesses to a world crisis
Description: James Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian) and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation.
Subjects: Historiography, Islam, History, World, Geschiedschrijving, Islam, history, Islamic empire, history, Middle east, history
Places: Islamic Empire, Middle East
Time periods: To 622, To 1500, 661-750, 622-661