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Book SynopsisIn 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
