Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
Description
Spanning nearly three millennia, this sweeping history follows the peoples, tribes, and empires shaped by the Arabic language and the cultures it carried across continents. Beginning long before the rise of Islam, it explores the influence of nomadic networks, pre-Islamic poetry, religious transformation, political expansion, and the evolution of Arabic speech, writing, and print. Richly attentive to the power of language as both a unifying force and a source of division, the book connects ancient movements with the fractures and aspirations of the modern Arab world. Erudite, vivid, and wide-ranging, it offers a fresh perspective on Arab identity and the enduring legacies of history.
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paperback
Yale University Press
Published Apr 30, 2019
656 pages
ISBN: 9780300180282
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First Published
2019
Language
eng
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