Pre-Islamic Arabia: Societies, Politics, Cults and Identities During Late Antiquity

by Valentina A. Grasso

This book delves into the political and cultural developments of pre-Islamic Arabia, focusing on the religious attitudes of the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula and its northern extension into the Syrian desert. Between the third and the seventh century, Arabia was on the edge of three great empires (Iran, Rome and Aksūm) and at the centre of a lucrative network of trade routes. Valentina Grasso offers an interpretative framework which contextualizes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009252968
• ISBN13: 9781009252966
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"