Description |
xxvi, 630 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Foreword : the wheel and the hourglass -- Introduction : gathering the word -- Emergence: 900 BC- AD 600 -- Revolution: 600-630 -- Dominance: 630-900 -- Decline: 900-1350 -- Eclipse: 1350-1800 -- Emergence: 1800-now -- Afterword : in the station of history -- Chronology. |
Subject |
Arabs -- History.
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Arabic language -- Social aspects.
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Arabic language -- Foreign countries.
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Arabs -- Language.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Added Title |
3,000-year history of peoples, tribes and empires |
ISBN |
0300180284 hardcover |
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9780300180282 hardcover |
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