This work details the historical beginnings of Islam and its spread through the Middle East and Africa on to the Americas. It also describes the major achievements of the Muslim community worldwide and examines the influences Islam has had on other cultures.
In Muslim Tradition G. H. A. Juynboll undertakes a broad-ranging review of the closely linked questions of date, authorship and origin of hadiths, i.e. the traditions of the prophet. Hadiths, which record the sayings and deeds of the prophet Muhammad, are central to Islamic teac…
This work reminds us that three great religions share a heritage from one of the world's most troubled regions--the Middle East. From the sixth century B.C., when the Jews returned to Palestine from exile in Babylonia, to that time in the Middle Ages when the three religions app…
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This volume surveys the political and cultural history of Islam from its late antique origins until the 11th century. The book provides an overview of the physical and political geography of the late antique Middle East and provides a cutting-edge discussion of the sources and c…
