The Early Islamic Conquests
The Early Islamic Conquests

Author: Fred M. Donner

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 1400847877

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In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary distinction between the causes of the conquests, the causes of their success, and the causes of the subsequent Arab migrations to the Fertile Crescent. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

ARAM 26 Black & White Paperback
ARAM 26 Black & White Paperback

Author: ARAM SOCIETY

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-06-20

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 132671743X

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This volume comprises the proceedings of the 2014 Conferences on Zoroastrianism in the Levant and the Amorites, held at Oxford, Oriental Institute.

Pathways of Power
Pathways of Power

Author: Eric R. Wolf

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2001-01-03

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 0520223349

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This collection of essays was devised by the author to study how anthropology brought the study of complex societies and world systems in to its purview.

The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936
The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936

Author: Joseph Kostiner

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0195074408

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This historical study describes how Saud, with British backing, expanded the Saudi state to embrace most of the Arabian peninsula and establish a family monarchy that survives to this day.

Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness
Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness

Author: Joseph J. Hobbs

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-07-05

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0292788762

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Between the Nile River and the Red Sea, in the northern half of Egypt's Eastern Desert, live the Bedouins of the Ma'aza tribe. Joseph Hobbs lived with the Khushmaan Ma'aza clan for almost two years, gathering information for a study of traditional Bedouin life and culture. The resulting work, Bedouin Life in the Egyptian Wilderness, is the first modern ethnographic portrait of the Ma'aza Bedouins.

Jihad
Jihad

Author: Reuven Firestone

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1999-12-30

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0190284331

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While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response to the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in its transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam.

Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century
Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century

Author: Irfan Shahîd

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 9780884021162

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This book elucidates the birth of the new relationship between the Roman Empire and the Arabs and the rise of its institutional forms. Shahîd discusses the participation of the Arab foederati in Byzantium's wars with her neighbors--the Persians and the Goths--during which those Arab allies contributed to the welfare of the imperium and the ecclesia.