The Arabs in history

The author examines the key issues of Arab development - their identity, the national revival, and the social and economic pressures that destroyed the Arab kingdom and created the Islamic empire. He analyses the forces which contributed to the empire's decline, and the influence of the West.

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Main Author: Lewis, Bernard 1916- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 1993
Edition:New edition
Series:Oxford paperbacks.
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Call Number :DS 36.7 .L49 1993

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