The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In » (Reprint)

Hugh Kennedy has taught in the Department of Mediaeval History at the University of St. Andrews since 1972. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000. Professor Kennedy lives in St. Andrews, Scotland.

From a leading expert in Arabic history, an engaging history of the great Islamic expansion that carved out an empire from Spain to Asia

San Diego Union-Tribune

Send a copy to the frat boys in the State Department...in the hope that they might remember the past so the rest of us aren't condemned to repeat it.

List of Illustrations and Maps     vii
Acknowledgements     xxv
Preface     1
Foreword: Remembrance of Things Past     12
The Foundations of Conquest     34
The Conquest of Syria and Palestine     66
The Conquest of Iraq     98
The Conquest of Egypt     139
The Conquest of Iran     169
Into the Maghreb     200
Crossing the Oxus     225
The Road to Samarqand     255
Furthest East and Furthest West     296
The War at Sea     324
Voices of the Conquered     344
Conclusion     363
Notes     377
Bibliography     398
Index     409