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" History of the Arabs from the earliest times to the present "
[by] Philip K. Hitti.
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BL
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654643
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dltt
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Hitti, Philip K., (Philip Khuri),1886-1978.
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History of the Arabs from the earliest times to the present\ [by] Philip K. Hitti.
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10th ed.
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| Publication Statement
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[London]: Macmillan;[New York]: St Martin's Press, [1970]
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Macmillan international college editions
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xxiv, 822 p.: illus., geneal. tables, maps.; 23 cm.
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0333098714
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: 9780333098714
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Pt. 1. The pre-Islamic age -- The Arabs as Semites : Arabia the cradle of the Semitic -- The Arabian peninsula -- Bedouin life -- Early international relations -- The Sabean and other states of South Arabia -- The Nabataean and other petty kingdoms of North and central Arabia -- Al-Hijaz on the eve of the rise of Islam -- Pt. 2. The rise of Islam and the Caliphal state -- Muhammad the prophet of Allah -- The Koran the book of Allah -- Islam the religion of submission to the will of Allah -- Period of conquest, expansion and colonization, A.D. 632-61 -- The conquest of Syria -- Al-Iraq and Persia conquered -- Egypt, Tripolis and Barqah acquired -- The administration of the new possessions -- The struggle between Ali and Muawiyah for the Caliphate -- Pt. 3. The Umayyad and Abbasid empires -- The Umayyad Caliphate : Muawiyah establishes a dynasty -- Hostile relations with the Byzantines -- The zenith of Umayyad power -- Political administration and social conditions under the Umayyads -- Intellectual aspects of life under the Umayyads -- Decline and fall of the Umayyad dynasty -- The establishment of the Abbasid dynasty -- The golden prime of the Abbasids -- The Abbasid state -- Abbasid society -- Scientific and literary progress -- Education -- The development of fine arts -- Moslem sects -- The Caliphate dismembered : petty dynasties in the West -- Sundry dynasties in the East -- The collapse of the Abbasid Caliphate -- Pt. 4. The Arabs in Europe : Spain and Sicily -- Conquest of Spain -- The Umayyad Amirate in Spain -- Civil disturbances -- The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova -- Political, economic and educational institutions -- Petty states : fall of Granada -- Intellectual contributions -- Art and architecture -- In Sicily -- Pt. 5. The last of the medieval Moslem states -- A Shiite Caliphate in Egypt : the Fatimids -- Life in Fatimid Egypt -- Military contacts between the East and West : the Crusades -- Cultural contacts -- The Mamluks, last medieval dynasty of Arab world -- Intellectual and artistic activity -- The end of Mamluk rule -- Pt. 6. Ottoman rule and independence -- The Arab lands as Turkish provinces -- Egypt and the Arab crescent -- The changing scene : impact of the West.
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Arabs-- History.
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Civilization, Arab.
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Islamic Empire, History.
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DS37.7.H58 1970
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