Gordon, Matthew. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/> Originally published: Westport, Conn. :  Greenwood Press, 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780872209312 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008022277 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam--History.<br/>Islamismo--Historia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP 55  / G664r 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.09/021