Nicolle, David,   1944- <br/><br/>
The great Islamic conquests, AD 632-750 / 
David Nicolle. 
 - Oxford :  Osprey Publishing,  2009 
 - 96 p. :  ill. (some col.), col. maps ;  25 cm. 
 - Essential histories ;    71 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Chronology -- Background to war: Pre-Islamic Arabia -- Outbreak: The birth of Islam and the unifying of Arabia -- The warring sides: Armies of the Middle East and the Mediterranean -- The fighting: A rising religion meets tired empires -- Portrait of a soldier: Two warriors of Arabia -- From conquest to Empire: The Umayyad century -- How the war ended: The fall of the Umayyad dynasty -- The world around the war: Architecture and religion -- Portrait of a civilian: A man of letters and a man of God -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846032738 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661.<br/>Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750.<br/>Islamic Empire --History, Military.