The crucible of Islam G.W. Bowersock.
Little is known about sixth-century Arabia. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from Iberia to India. G. W. Bowersock illuminates this obscure yet most dynamic period in Islam, exploring why arid Arabia proved to be fertile ground for Muhammad's mes...
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2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. The Arabian Kingdom of Abraha
- 2. Arab Paganism in Late Antiquity
- 3. Late Antique Mecca
- 4. Ethiopia and Arabia
- 5. The Persians in Jerusalem
- 6. Muḥammad and Medina
- 7. Interregnum of the Four Caliphs
- 8. A New Dispensation
- 9. The Dome of the Rock
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.