The Crucible of Islam

by Glen W. Bowersock

Book Overview

Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam--from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century--exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674057767
• ISBN13: 9780674057760
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.7" x 7.0"