TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicolle,David
TI  - The great Islamic conquests, AD 632-750
T2  - Essential histories ; 
SN  - 9781846032738 (pbk.)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Osprey Publishing
KW  - Islamic Empire
KW  -  History
KW  -  622-661
KW  -  661-750
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -