Arabs and empires before Islam /
"Illuminates the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam, collating nearly two hundred and fifty translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources. Drawn from a broad period between the eighth century BC and the Middle Ages, the sources include texts written in Greek, La...
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Arabs and empires before the sixth century / Michael C.A. Macdonald, with contributions from Aldo Corcella [and six others]
- Before Ḥimyar : epigraphic evidence for the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia / Christian Julien Robin
- Ḥimyar, Aksūm, and Arabia Deserta in late antiquity : the epigraphic evidence / Christian Julien Robin
- The archaeological evidence for the Jafnids and the Naṣrids / Denis Genequand
- Arabs in the conflict between Rome and Persia, 491-630 / Peter Edwell, with contributions from Greg Fisher [and three others]
- Arabs and Christianity / Greg Fisher and Philip Wood, with contributions from George Bevan [and four others]
- Provincia Arabia : Nabataea, the emergence of Arabic as a written language, and Graeco-Arabica / Zbigniew T. Fiema, Ahmad Al-Jallad, Michael C.A. Macdonald, and Laïla Nehmé
- Arabic and Persian sources for pre-Islamic Arabia / Harry Munt, with contributions from Touraj Daryaee [and three others].