The Expansion of the Early Islamic State (Formation of the Classical Islamic World)

by Fred M . Donner (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $191.90

  Presents a selection of the key studies in which scholars since the beginning of the 20th century attempt to explain the phenomenally rapid expansion of the early Islamic state during the 7th century CE. This work also debates the causes for the conquest movement or expansion, the reasons for its success, and the nature of the movement itself.