E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Donner The Early Islamic Conquests
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4787-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4787-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary distinction between the causes of the conquests, the causes of their success, and the causes of the subsequent Arab migrations to the Fertile Crescent.
Originally published in 1982.
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Weitere Infos & Material
FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
PREFACE, pg. ix
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATIONS, pg. xiii
ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv
LIST OF MAPS, pg. xix
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, pg. xx
INTRODUCTION, pg. 1
CHAPTER I. STATE AND SOCIETY IN PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA, pg. 11
CHAPTER II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST, pg. 51
CHAPTER III. THE CONQUEST OF SYRIA, pg. 91
CHAPTER IV. THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ, pg. 157
CHAPTER V. MILITARY ORGANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND SETTLEMENT, pg. 221
CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSIONS, pg. 251
EPILOGUE, pg. 273
NOTES, pg. 279
APPENDICES, pg. 355
BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 439
INDEX OF TRADITIONISTS MENTIONED IN NOTES AND APPENDICES, pg. 459
GENERAL INDEX, pg. 469
