Witnesses to a world crisis: historians and histories of the middle east in the seventh century

The first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in importantnon-Islamic as well as Islamic sources, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modernMiddle East, and the jihadist impulse, as evident today as it was in the 7th century. INDICE: 1: George of Pisidia; 2: Two Universal Chronicles; 3: Seventh-Century Eastern Sources I: The History of Khosrov; 4: Seventh-Century Eastern Sources II: The History to the Year 682 and the Khuzistan Chronicle; 5: Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century I; 6: Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century II; 7: Later Historians: The West Syrian Tradition; 8: Later Historians: Nicephorus; 9: Later Historians: Theophanes; 10: Later Historians at Work in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran; 11: Early Islamic Historical Writing; 12: The Life of the Prophet; 13: Historians of the Middle East in the Seventh Century; 14: The Middle East in the Seventh Century: The Great Powers, Arabia,and the Prophet; 15: The Middle East in the Seventh Century: Arab Conquests; 16: The Middle East in the Seventh Century: A New World Order; Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-19-920859-3
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 576
• Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés