Makers of Arab history,

Hitti, Philip Khûri

Macmillan

The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation From the Arabic; Volume 1

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Murgotten, Francis Clark

Al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad Ibn Yaḥyā

History

Franklin Classics

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. 
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. 
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Origins of the Druze People and Religion, With Extracts from Their Sacred Writings

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Ams Pr Inc

The description for this book, An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh, will be forthcoming.

An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades

Usamah Ibn Munqidh

Usamah

Reference

Princeton University Press

Professor Hitti, the distinguished authority on the Islamic world, views the highlights of Arab history through the windows of the capital cities where those events occurred. The account focuses on six cities -- Mecca, the religious capital; Medina, the caliphal capital; Damascus, the imperial capital; Baghdad, the intellectual capital; Cairo, the dissident capital; and Cordova, the European capital. The approach is historical rather than geographical, and the book is addressed to the student and the cultured layman rather than the specialist. Tourists to the Middle East and Spain also will find the book especially interesting.The author describes the physical settings of the cities, the primary occupations of the people, and the significant monumental structures. He discusses such modern history of a city as is relevant to the story, but the emphasis is on the period of Arab ascendancy -- roughly, the seventh to the thirteenth century. In addition to Arabic sources, he quotes Europeans’ descriptions where appropriate (such descriptions are rare because Europeans were not allowed in such cities as Mecca and Medina). As he makes clear, the six cities were more than capitals; they left their indelible imprint not only on the subsequent history of the Arabs and other Moslems but on the development of civilization at large.

Capital cities of Arab Islam,

Business & Money

Economics

University of Minnesota Press

Beginning with a concise study of Islam -- the religion, the state, and the culture -- this book surveys the cultural relations between the worlds of Islam and Christendom. Against a background of medieval and modern politico-military history, the discussion points to the impact of Eastern culture on the West, and of Western culture and modernization on the East.

Islam and the West: A Historical Cultural Survey (The Anvil Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

Krieger Pub. Co

From the ancient cultures of the Middle East have sprung three of the world's major religions, outstanding accomplishments in literature and science, and seemingly never-ending conflict - compounded now not only by geopolitics, but by the international hunger for oil and the web of global terrorism. But who are the Arabs, these remarkable people who have accomplished so much and who continue to both fascinate and confront the West? Philip K. Hitti's eloquent short history is an acknowledged classic offering the best and quickest grasp of Arab history and culture. Now with a new introduction by renowned MIT historian, Philip Khoury.

The Arabs: A Short History

Middle East

Gateway Editions

Hitti, one of the world's leading historians of the Arabic-speaking people, gives an ideal introduction to their history and culture.

World

Regnery Pub.

Americas

Legare Street Press

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