Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
Contents |
Arabs and empires before the sixth century / Michael C.A. Macdonald, with contributions from Aldo Corcella [and six others] -- Before Ḥimyar : epigraphic evidence for the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia / Christian Julien Robin -- Ḥimyar, Aksūm, and Arabia Deserta in late antiquity : the epigraphic evidence / Christian Julien Robin -- The archaeological evidence for the Jafnids and the Naṣrids / Denis Genequand -- Arabs in the conflict between Rome and Persia, 491-630 / Peter Edwell, with contributions from Greg Fisher [and three others] -- Arabs and Christianity / Greg Fisher and Philip Wood, with contributions from George Bevan [and four others] -- Provincia Arabia : Nabataea, the emergence of Arabic as a written language, and Graeco-Arabica / Zbigniew T. Fiema, Ahmad Al-Jallad, Michael C.A. Macdonald, and Laïla Nehmé -- Arabic and Persian sources for pre-Islamic Arabia / Harry Munt, with contributions from Touraj Daryaee [and three others] |
Summary |
'Arabs and Empires before Islam' collates nearly 250 translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources which, from a variety of different perspectives, illuminate the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam. These sources are drawn from a broad period from the eighth century BC to the Middle Ages, and include texts written in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Persian, and Arabic, inscriptions in a variety of languages and alphabets, and discussions of archaeological sites from across the Near East |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Text in English and multiple languages |
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Print version record |
Subject |
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Civilization
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SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History -- To 1500
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Middle East -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
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Middle East -- Civilization -- To 1500
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Middle East -- Civilization -- To 1500 -- Sources
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Subject |
Middle East
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Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Fisher, Greg, 1976- editor.
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ISBN |
9780191801433 |
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0191801437 |
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9780191056994 |
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0191056995 |
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