| History of the Arabs 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Hitti, Philip K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333631412 ISBN-13: 9780333631416 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Middle East - General - Political Science | World - European |
| Dewey: 909.04 |
| LCCN: 2002026744 |
| Physical Information: 1.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (2.51 lbs) 822 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a work of great thoroughness and insight which contains much to satisfy general readers as well as scholars. Here is the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay, unrolling one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history. For this reissue of the tenth edition, Walid Khalidi gives a brief overview of the history and content of the book, and emphasises the vital importance of Philip K. Hitti's magisterial and scholarly work to on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide. This accessible text is ideal not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Arabic and Islamic studies, but also for the general reader and many scholars in various fields of history. |