{"product_id":"witnesses-to-a-world-crisis-historians-and-histories-of-the-middle-east-in-the-seventh-century-019920859x","title":"Witnesses to a World Crisis: Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 019920859X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Howard-Johnston, James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping and highly readable account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian), and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation (610-52 AD). Warfare looms large, especially where operations can be followed in some detail, as in Iraq 636-40, in Egypt 641-2 and in the long-drawn out battle for the Mediterranean (649-98). As the first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in the important non-Islamic as well as Islamic sources Witnesses to a World Crisis is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modern Middle East, and the jihadist impulse, which is as evident today as it was in the seventh century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669443707168,"sku":"NEW019920859X","price":236.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71BxwvUEWlL.jpg?v=1779049155","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/witnesses-to-a-world-crisis-historians-and-histories-of-the-middle-east-in-the-seventh-century-019920859x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}