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Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad s prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. In Muhammad's time Arabia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where Christianity, Judaism, and local polytheistic traditions vied for adherents.
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The Crucible of Islam, G. W. Bowersock
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2017
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- Titel
- The Crucible of Islam
- Sprache
- Englisch, Deutsch
- Autor*innen
- G. W. Bowersock
- Verlag
- Harvard University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2017
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 220
- ISBN10
- 0674057767
- ISBN13
- 9780674057760
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Historisches Thema, Geschichte
- Bewertung
- 3,85 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad s prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. In Muhammad's time Arabia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where Christianity, Judaism, and local polytheistic traditions vied for adherents.