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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates : The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (2nd Edition)
The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century - 2nd Edition Author:Hugh Kennedy With the Middle East as the centre of many global political, economic and religious concerns, it is essential to understand the origins of this region. This book covers the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, through the great days of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates (8th-10th centuries), to the period of political fragmentation which fol... more »lowed it when Islam lost its core unity, never to be recovered.« less