Witnesses to a World Crisis
Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 10 June 2010
- ISBN 9780199208593
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages576 pages
- Size 238x163x39 mm
- Weight 1175 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 9 maps 0
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
James Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping and highly readable account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian), and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation (610-52 AD). Warfare looms large, especially where operations can be followed in some detail, as in Iraq 636-40, in Egypt 641-2 and in the long-drawn out battle for the Mediterranean (649-98). As the first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in the important non-Islamic as well as Islamic sources Witnesses to a World Crisis is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modern Middle East, and the jihadist impulse, which is as evident today as it was in the seventh century.
[James Howard-Johnston] is admirably clear in describing his approach
Table of Contents:
George of Pisidia
Two Universal Chronicles
Seventh-Century Eastern Sources I: The History of Khosrov
Seventh-Century Eastern Sources II: The History to the Year 682 and the Khuzistan Chronicle
Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century I
Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century II
Later Historians: The West Syrian Tradition
Later Historians: Nicephorus
Later Historians: Theophanes
Later Historians at Work in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran
Early Islamic Historical Writing
The Life of the Prophet
Historians of the Middle East in the Seventh Century
The Middle East in the Seventh Century: The Great Powers, Arabia, and the Prophet
The Middle East in the Seventh Century: Arab Conquests
The Middle East in the Seventh Century: A New World Order
Conclusion
