In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
Language: English
Published by Doubleday, 2012
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- Hardcover
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- Title
- In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
- Author
- Holland, Tom
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385531354
- ISBN 13
- 9780385531351
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Item weight
- 934.4 grams
- Dimensions
- 16.46 centimeters width by 24.28 centimeters height by 4.34 centimeters depth
No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominionexcept that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the daynot by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.
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About the Author
Historian Tom Holland is the author of the works of history Rubicon, Persian Fire, and The Forge of Christendom. He reviews regularly for the TLS, and has adapted Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Virgil for BBC Radio. Rubicon was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the 2004 Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, and Persian Fire won the Anglo-Hellenic Leagues 2006 Runciman Award.
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