The rise of Islam /

Gordon, Matthew.

The rise of Islam / Matthew S. Gordon. - Indianapolis, Ind. : Hackett Publishing, 2008. - 180 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world .

Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index.

Historical overview -- The Arab-Islamic conquests and the Medinan state -- The Umayyad caliphate (661-750) and the crisis of authority -- Cities in the early Abbasid period -- Religious practice, law, and spirituality in the early Abbasid era -- The Islamic world in the early tenth century.

9780872209312 (pbk.)

2008022277


Islam--History.
Islamismo--Historia.

BP 55 / G664r 2008

297.09/021