Witnesses to a world crisis : historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century

Witnesses to a world crisis : historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century / James Howard-Johnston.

The principal witnesses to the rise of Islam are examined, first contemporary and near‐contemporary non‐Muslims, then later writers with access to good sources of information, and finally the canonical Islamic accounts. As information is extracted from each successive witness, the extraordinary hist...

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Main Author: Howard-Johnston, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
To 1500
Islam > History > To 1500.
Islam > History > To 1500 > Historiography.
HISTORY > World.
Historiography
Islam
Islam > Historiography
Islam.
Geschiedschrijving.
Islamic Empire > History > 622-661.
Islamic Empire > History > 661-750.
Middle East > History > To 622.
Islamic Empire > History > 622-661 > Historiography.
Islamic Empire > History > 661-750 > Historiography.
Middle East > History > To 622 > Historiography.
Islamic Empire
Middle East
Oosterse wereld.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • George of Pisidia
  • Two universal chronicles
  • Seventh-century Eastern sources I
  • Seventh-century Eastern sources II
  • Supplementary Roman sources of the seventh century I Supplementary Roman sources of the seventh century II
  • Later historians : the West Syrian Tradition
  • Later historians : Nicephorus
  • Later historians : Theophanes
  • Later historians at work in Egypt, Iraq, and Iran
  • Early Islamic historical writing
  • The life of the prophet
  • Historians of the Middle East in the seventh century
  • The Middle East in the seventh century : the great powers, Arabia, and the Prophet
  • The Middle East in the seventh century : Arab conquests
  • The Middle East in the seventh century : a new world order.

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