Arabia and the Arabs
From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivearabiaarabsfromb00hoyl
- Internet Archivearabiaarabsfromb00hoyl_805
- Internet Archivearabiaarabsfromb0000hoyl
- ISBN-100415195357
- ISBN-139780415195355
and 6 more
- LibraryThing44468
- Library of Congress Control Number2001019298
- OCLC Control Number50899717
- OCLC Control Number45958089
- Better World Books9780415195355
- Open LibraryOL7486014M
Classifications
- LCCDS231.H69 2001
- LCCDS231 .H69 2001
- LCCDS231 .H69 2001eb
Description
Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants and warriors Arabia and the Arabs provides the only up-to-date, one-volume survey of the region and its peoples, from prehistory to the coming of Islam Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the south, to the deserts and oases of the north. He then examines the major themes of *the economy *society *religion *art, architecture and artefacts *language and literature *Arabhood and Arabisation The volume is illustrated with more than 50 photographs, drawings and maps.
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