A History of Muslim Civilization: From late antiquity to the fall of the UmayyadsIQRA International Educational Foun, 2003 - History |
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Contents
Defining Civilization | 9 |
Ancient Civilization | 15 |
Chapter 2 | 24 |
Judaism in the Roman World | 31 |
The Beginnings of Christianity | 37 |
Becoming a World Faith | 43 |
Chapter 3 | 49 |
Chapter 1 | 53 |
The Task at Hand | 171 |
Into Iraq | 177 |
The clash with Byzantium | 183 |
Chapter 2 | 191 |
Jerusalem and Egypt | 203 |
Chapter 3 | 211 |
Preserving the Word of God | 217 |
Chapter 4 | 225 |
Alternatives of Faith | 57 |
The Byzantine Empire | 63 |
The Clash of Giants | 69 |
Egypt and Ethiopia | 75 |
The Arab Heartland | 85 |
The Early years 98 8888 | 98 |
Chapter 2 | 107 |
Boycotts and Persecution | 113 |
The Full Moon Rose Upon Us | 119 |
Battles and Treaties | 129 |
The Confederates and Conspiracies | 135 |
Chapter 4 | 143 |
Unifying Arabia | 149 |
The Message of Islam | 157 |
The Establishment | 162 |
The Fitnah | 231 |
The Struggle for Power | 242 |
Challengers Arise | 249 |
Tightening the Grip | 255 |
Chapter 2 | 261 |
Behind you the Sea | 269 |
Taking Islam to the Indus | 277 |
The End of a Dynasty | 283 |
Chapter 3 | 291 |
Calling to the World | 301 |
Building a Society | 309 |
Glossary | 319 |
Appendicies | 329 |
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