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008			130919t2009 enka gr 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781846032738 (pbk.)
049			_aUNISSA.
084			_aDS38.2 _b.N536 2009
100	1		_aNicolle, David, _d1944-
245	1	4	_aThe great Islamic conquests, AD 632-750 / _cDavid Nicolle.
260			_aOxford : _bOsprey Publishing, _c2009
300			_a96 p. : _bill. (some col.), col. maps ; _c25 cm.
490			_aEssential histories ; _v 71
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChronology -- 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.
651			_aIslamic Empire _x History _y 622-661.
651			_aIslamic Empire _x History _y 661-750.
651			_aIslamic Empire _xHistory, Military.
997			_a1050039965-66 (UNISSA, c.1-2) ; GBP10.99
999			_c12774 _d12774