Tom Holland
The acclaimed author of ,Rubicon, and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam., Â , No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement.Â  Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominionâ€”except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the dayâ€”not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire