The Umayyad Empire
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The Edinburgh History of the Islamic Empires
ISBN-10
074864301X
ISBN-13
9780748643011
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 12th, 2024
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
724 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 24.40 x 2.70 cms
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Explores the distinctive character of the Umayyad empire in its early Islamic context: its economy, society and political history.
The Umayyad Empire (644–750 CE) was the first Islamic empire and one of the largest empires of ancient and medieval times, extending over 5,000 miles between the Atlantic Ocean in the West and the Indian Ocean in the East. This book traces the empire’s origins to the Arabian Peninsula and the Syrian Steppe in the centuries before Islam. It explores the dynamics that shaped this formative era for the history of the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The century of Umayyad rule witnessed war with the Eastern Roman Empire, against whom the Umayyads defined their claims to rule as God’s deputies on Earth. This was the period in which the Qur’an was compiled, monuments such as the Dome of the Rock were built, and new Islamic and Arab identities developed.
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