Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam = Maometto e le grandi conquiste arabe (1968 Gabrieli / Luling, Linell), book (English ed.)

Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam (1968) is the English edition of Maometto e le grandi conquiste arabe (Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam / 1967 Gabrieli), book. Translated from the Italian by Virginia Luling and Rosamund Linell.

Abstract

"The author attempts to explain the astonishing series of conquests which have marked the triumph of Muhammad and his successors, and which in less than a hundred years extended the frontiers of Islam from Samarkand to Toledo."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1968.

Other Translations

• Mahoma y las conquistas del Islam = Maometto e le grandi conquiste arabe (Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam / 1967 Gabrieli), book (Spanish ed.)

• Mohammed und die arabische Welt = Maometto e le grandi conquiste arabe (Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam / 1968 Gabrieli), book (German ed.)

Table of contents

Muhammad in history -- Arabia before Muhammad -- Muhammad in Mecca -- Triumph in Medina -- Islam and the Arab-Muslim state -- The making of the empire -- The Eastern conquests: Iraq and Persia -- The Northern conquests; Syria, Mesopotamis, and Armenia -- The Western conquests : Egypt and North Africa -- Islam in Europe: Spain, France, Italy -- Frontiers to the East -- The achievements of Arab Islam.