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In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary distinction between the causes of the conquests, the causes of their success, and the causes of the subsequent Arab migrations to the Fertile Crescent. Originally



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*NOTE ON TRANSLITERATIONS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*LIST OF MAPS, pg. xix*CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, pg. xx*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. STATE AND SOCIETY IN PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA, pg. 11*CHAPTER II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST, pg. 51*CHAPTER III. THE CONQUEST OF SYRIA, pg. 91*CHAPTER IV. THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ, pg. 157*CHAPTER V. MILITARY ORGANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND SETTLEMENT, pg. 221*CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSIONS, pg. 251*EPILOGUE, pg. 273*NOTES, pg. 279*APPENDICES, pg. 355*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 439*INDEX OF TRADITIONISTS MENTIONED IN NOTES AND APPENDICES, pg. 459*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 469

The Early Islamic Conquests

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691610825
      978-0691610825
      ISBN-10 0691610827

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature and causes of the Islamic conquests in Syria and Iraq during the sixth and seventh centuries, Fred Donner argues for a necessary distinction between the causes of the conquests, the causes of their success, and the causes of the subsequent Arab migrations to the Fertile Crescent. Originally



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*PREFACE, pg. ix*NOTE ON TRANSLITERATIONS, pg. xiii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*LIST OF MAPS, pg. xix*CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, pg. xx*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER I. STATE AND SOCIETY IN PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA, pg. 11*CHAPTER II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC CONQUEST, pg. 51*CHAPTER III. THE CONQUEST OF SYRIA, pg. 91*CHAPTER IV. THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ, pg. 157*CHAPTER V. MILITARY ORGANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND SETTLEMENT, pg. 221*CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSIONS, pg. 251*EPILOGUE, pg. 273*NOTES, pg. 279*APPENDICES, pg. 355*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 439*INDEX OF TRADITIONISTS MENTIONED IN NOTES AND APPENDICES, pg. 459*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 469

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