In the shadow of the sword : the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire /
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelled, in effect, the end of th...
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New York :
Anchor Books,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st Anchor books ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a In the shadow of the sword : |b the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire / |c Tom Holland. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire |
| 250 | |a 1st Anchor books ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Anchor Books, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 526 p., [16] p. de láms. : |b il., mapas ; |c 21 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a Editado originalmente: London : Little, Brown, 2012. | ||
| 504 | |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 481-507) e índice. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Known unknowns -- Jahiliyya: Iranshahr ; New Rome ; The children of Abraham ; Countdown to apocalypse -- Hijra: More questions than answers ; The forging of Islam -- Envoi : plus c̜a change? -- Timeline -- Dramatis personae -- Glossary. | |
| 520 | |a In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world. In The Shadow of the Sword, Tom Holland explores how this came about. Spanning Constantinople to the Arabian desert, and starring some of the most remarkable rulers who ever lived, he tells a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement. | ||
| 651 | 0 | |a Islamic Empire |x History. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Imperio Islámico |x Historia. |2 UDESA | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Islam |x History. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Islam |x Historia. |2 UDESA | |