TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,Hugh
TI  - The great Arab conquests : : how the spread of Islam changed the world we live in 
SN  - 9780753823897
AV  - 403 DS 38.3 K35g 2008
U1  - 909.0976701 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Phoenix, 
KW  - Islamic civilization
KW  - Civilización islámica
KW  - Islamic Empire
KW  - History
KW  - Imperio islámico
KW  - Historia
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Imperio Islámico
KW  - Relaciones exteriores
N1  - Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007
Maps on lining papers; Includes bibliographical references and index; Remembrance of things past -- The foundations of conquest -- The conquest of Syria and Palestine -- The conquest of Iraq -- The conquest of Egypt -- The conquest of Iran -- Into the Maghreb -- Crossing the Oxus -- The road to Samarqand -- Furthest east and furthest west -- The war at sea -- Voices of the conquered
N2  - Whereas the Roman Empire took over 200 years to reach its fullest extent, the Arab armies overran the whole Middle East, North Africa and Spain within a generation. This text presents an account of the astonishing remaking of the political and religious map of the world
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2008297360-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2008297360-d.html
ER  -