
Book Summary
The first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in important non-Islamic as well as Islamic sources, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modern Middle East, and the jihadist impulse, as evident today as it was in the 7th century.
Book Details
Book Name | Witnesses To A World Crisis: Historians And Histories Of The Middle East In The Seventh Century |
Author | James Howard-johnston |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, Usa (Jul 2010) |
ISBN | 9780199208593 |
Pages | 573 |
Language | English |
Price | 7322 |