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Author Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018, author.

Title The Arabs in history / Bernard Lewis
Edition Sixth edition
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1993]
©1993

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : maps
Contents Arabia before Islam -- Muhammad and the rise of Islam-- Age of the conquests -- Arab kingdom -- Islamic empire -- 'Revolt of Islam' -- Arabs in Europe -- Islamic civilization -- Arabs in eclipse -- Impact of the west
Summary ̀Whoever lives in our country, speaks our language, is brought up in our culture and takes pride in our glory is one of us.' Thus ran a declaration of modern leaders of Arab states. But what exactly is an Arab, and what has been their place in the course of human history?In this well-established classic, Professor Lewis examines the key issues of Arab development - their identity, the national revival which cemented the creation of the Islamic state, and the social and economic pressures that destroyed the Arab kingdom and created the Islamic empire. He analyses the forces which contributed to
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Arabs.
Arabs -- History.
National characteristics, Arab.
Arabs -- history
Arabs
HISTORY -- World.
National characteristics, Arab
Arabs
Araber
Geschichte
Islam
Arabieren.
Arabes -- Histoire.
Civilisation islamique.
Araber.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423757416
9781423757412
9780191587665
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9781280444548
9780192852588
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