{"product_id":"mecca-9780691654157","title":"Mecca","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHonorable Mention for the 1994 Award for Best Professional\/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers \"Full of informative detail, and with substantial notes and bibliography, [Peters'] work is a true scholar's guidebook to further study.\"--Library Journal \"[F. E.] Peters ... has constructed an entertaining and highly informative record of the vicissitudes of Mecca and Medina throughout the ages.\"--J. B. Kelly, National Review \"The author ... has sought to assemble, arrange, and explain the accounts of Muslims as well as non-Muslims--from sincere to fraudulent--about the Holy Land... F. E. Peters has definitely succeeded in accomplishing his goal... [He] has definitely done an outstanding job of explaining the accounts of various travelers to the Holy Land.\"--The Historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of IllustrationsMecca and Medina in Early Photo DocumentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMapsCh. IA Speculative History of Mecca in the Age of Ignorance3Ch. IIMuhammad: Medina and After57Ch. IIIBuilding the Holy Land107Ch. IVCaught in the Spice Chain: Europe and the Hijaz155Ch. VThe Ottoman Hijaz198Ch. VIThe Two Sanctuaries246Ch. VIIThe Wars of the Kings295Ch. VIIIKing and Caliph: The Sharifate of Husayn ibn Ali (1908-1925)346Chronology of Mecca and the Hajj399Notes415Works Cited449Index465","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922434367831,"sku":"9780691654157","price":138.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691654157.jpg?v=1738537872","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mecca-9780691654157","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}