{"product_id":"the-prophet-and-the-age-of-the-caliphates-the-islamic-near-east-from-the-sixth-to-the-eleventh-century-paperback","title":"The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugh Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates\u003c\/em\u003e is an accessible history of the Near East from c.600 to 1050 AD, the period in which Islamic society was formed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, Hugh Kennedy goes on to explore the great Arab conquests of the seventh century and the golden age of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates when the world of Islam was politically and culturally far more developed than the West. The crisis of the tenth century put an end to the political unity of the Muslim world and saw the emergence of the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt and independent dynasties in the Eastern Islamic world. The book concludes with the advent of Seljuk Turkish rule in the mid-eleventh century. This new edition is fully updated to take into account recent research and there are two entirely new chapters covering the economic background during the period, and the north-east of Iran in the post Abbasid period. Based on extensive reading of the original Arabic sources, Kennedy breaks away from the Orientalist tradition of seeing early Islamic history as a series of ephemeral rulers and pointless battles by drawing attention to underlying long-term social and economic processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates deals with issues of continuing and increasing relevance in the twenty-first century, when it is, perhaps, more important than ever to understand the early development of the Islamic world. Students and scholars of early Islamic history will find this book a clear, informative and readable introduction to the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHugh Kennedy \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Armies of the Caliphs. Military and Society in the Early Islamic State\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eThe Great Arab Conquests. How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In\u003c\/em\u003e (2007)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand (as editor) \u003ci\u003eWarfare and Poetry in the Middle East \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 402\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783713063200,"sku":"9780367366896","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/20d91b5da3dbf20484b6d55b38e82bb7.webp?v=1780593000","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-prophet-and-the-age-of-the-caliphates-the-islamic-near-east-from-the-sixth-to-the-eleventh-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}