by Maxime Rodinson (Author), Anne Carter (Translator)
This is an account of Mohammad's life and is also the study of the impact of an ideology upon a society. Seventh century Arabia, although fragmented and in many respects primitive, was moving towards a settled economy. The ideology of Islam - calling for submission to the will of God - moulded this nation into unity and into a conquering force which, within a hundred years of Mohammad's death, subdued an area stretching from the Pyrenees to the borders of China.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 25 Jan 1996
ISBN 10: 0140249648
ISBN 13: 9780140249644