01668nam a2200313 a 450000100090000000800410000901000170005002000180006702000150008504000750010008200200017510000290019524501020022425000260032626000410035230000600039350400510045350503210050452002710082565100290109665100340112565100390115965000230119865000230122165000200124465100270126465000270129165100360131815226816090727s2007    pauabf   b    001 0 eng d  a  2008297360  a9780306815850  a0306815850  aBTCTAcBTCTAdBAKERdWIQdNSBdYDXCPdNSBdWROdSUCdOCLCQdNLGGCdDLC04a909.09767012221 aKennedy, Hughq(Hugh N.)14aThe great Arab conquests :bhow the spread of Islam changed the world we live in /cHugh Kennedy.  a1st Da Capo Press ed.  aPhiladelphia, PA :bDa Capo,cc2007.  aviii, 421 p., [16] p. of plates :bill., maps ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aRemembrance of things past -- The foundations of conquest -- The conquest of Syria and Palestine -- The conquest of Iraq -- The conquest of Egypt -- The conquest of Iran -- Into the Maghreb -- Crossing the Oxus -- The road to Samarqand -- Furthest east and furthest west -- The war at sea -- Voices of the conquered.  aExamines the history of the great Islamic expansion, reveals how the Arab armies were able to overcome almost everything in their path, and brings to light the unique characteristics of Islamic settlement in new lands and the conversion to Islam of vast populations. 0aIslamic EmpirexHistory. 0aIslamic EmpirexCivilization. 0aIslamic EmpirexForeign relations.17aVeroveringen.2gtt17aIslamisering.2gtt17aArabieren.2gtt 7aArabische wereld.2gtt 7aIslamxHistory.2sears 7aIslamic EmpirexHistory.2sears