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100	1		_aKennedy, Hugh _q(Hugh N.)
245	1	4	_aThe Prophet and the age of the Caliphates : _bthe Islamic Near East from the sixth to the eleventh century / _cHugh Kennedy.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aHarlow, England ; _aNew York : _bPearson/Longman, _c2004.
300			_axiv, 419 p. : _bgeneal. tables, maps ; _c24 cm.
500			_aPrevious ed.: 1986.
520	1		_a"The Prophet and the Age of Caliphates is an accessible guide to the history of the Near East from c.600-1050 A.D., the period in which Islamic society was formed. Beginning with the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, Kennedy goes on to explore the great Arab conquests of the seventh century and the golden age of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates when the world of Islam was politically and culturally far more developed than the West. A period of political fragmentation shattered this early unity, never to be recovered." "This book deals with issues of continuing and increasing relevance in the twenty-first century, when it is, perhaps, more important than ever to understand the early development of the Islamic world. General readers and scholars of early Islamic history will find Kennedy's book a clear, informative and readable introduction to the subject."--BOOK JACKET.
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