The Arabs

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-12-01
Publisher(s): Gateway Books
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Summary

An ideal introduction to Arab history and culture.

Author Biography

Phillip Khuri Hitti (1886 - 1978) was a Lebanese-American professor and foremost authority on Arab and Middle Eastern history, Islam, and Semetic languages. A scholar Princeton and Harvard University, he almost single-handedly created the discipline of Arabic studies in America. As a Chair at Princeton University, a position he held from February 1926 until his retirement in 1954, he taught Arabic to servicemen through the Army Specialized Training Program during World War II. He died in Princeton, NJ on December 24th, 1978.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii(16)
Philip S. Khoury
Preface xxiii
Arabs, Moslems and Semites
1(8)
The Original Arab, the Bedouin
9(12)
On the Eve of the Rise of Islam
21(9)
Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah
30(12)
The Book and the Faith
42(14)
Islam on the March
56(15)
The Caliphate
71(9)
Conquest of Spain
80(14)
Social and Cultural Life Makes a Start
94(11)
The Glory That Was Baghdad
105(17)
The Life of the People
122(18)
Science and Literature
140(14)
The Fine Arts
154(8)
Cordova: Jewel of the World
162(12)
Contributions to the West
174(19)
The Cross Supplants the Crescent
193(26)
The Crusades
219(19)
The Last Dynasty
238(14)
The Arab Lands in the Modern World
252(13)
Index 265

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