Crucible of Islam (Record no. 179916)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 01770nam a2200193Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20220206225810.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 200208s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674057760
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 297.09021 BOW
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name "Bowersock, G. W."
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Crucible of Islam
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harvard University Press
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 220
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam―from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century―exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad’s prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world.<br/><br/>In Muhammad’s time Arabia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where Christianity, Judaism, and local polytheistic traditions vied for adherents. Mecca, Muhammad’s birthplace, belonged to the part of Arabia recently conquered by the Ethiopian Christian king Abraha. But Ethiopia lost western Arabia to Persia following Abraha’s death, while the death of the Byzantine emperor in 602 further destabilized the region. Within this chaotic environment, where lands and populations were traded frequently among competing powers and belief systems, Muhammad began winning converts to his revelations. In a troubled age, his followers coalesced into a powerful force, conquering Palestine, Syria, and Egypt and laying the groundwork of the Umayyad Caliphate.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Islam - History
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2020-02-08   297.09021 BOW 160720 2020-02-08 2020-02-08 Books

Powered by Koha