TY - BOOK AU - Hitti,Philip K. TI - History of the Arabs: from the earliest times to the present SN - 0333631420 (paper) AV - DS223 .H5 2002 U1 - 909/.04927 21 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Arabs KW - Civilization, Arab KW - Arabian Peninsula KW - History N1 - Previously published: 10th ed. London : Macmillan, 1970; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. I; The Pre-Islamic Age; Ch. I; The Arabs as Semites: Arabia the Cradle of the Semitic Race; Ch. II; The Arabian Peninsula; Ch. III; Bedouin Life; Ch. IV; Early International Relations; Ch. V; The Sabaean and other States of South Arabia; Ch. VI; The Nabataean and other petty Kingdoms of North and Central Arabia; Ch. VII; Al-Hijaz on the Eve of the Rise of Islam --; Pt. II; The Rise of Islam and the Caliphal State; Ch. VIII; Muhammad the Prophet of Allah; Ch. IX; The Koran the Book of Allah; Ch. X; Islam the Religion of Submission to the Will of Allah; Ch. XI; Period of Conquest, Expansion and Colonization, A.D. 632-61; Ch. XII; The Conquest of Syria; Ch. XIII; Al-Iraq and Persia conquered; Ch. XIV; Egypt, Tripolis and Barqah Acquired; Ch. XV; The Administration of the new Possessions; Ch. XVI; The Struggle between 'Ali and Mu'awiyah for the Caliphate --; Pt. III; The Umayyad and 'Abbasid Empires; Ch. XVII; The Umayyad Caliphate: Mu'awiyah establishes a Dynasty; Ch. XVIII; Hostile Relations with the Byzantines; Ch. XIX; The Zenith of Umayyad Power; Ch. XX; Political Administration and Social Conditions under the Umayyads; Ch. XXI; Intellectual Aspects of Life under the Umayyads; Ch. XXII; Decline and Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty; Ch. XXIII; The Establishment of the 'Abbasid Dynasty; Ch. XXIV; The Golden Prime of the 'Abbasids; Ch. XXV; The 'Abbasid State; Ch. XXVI; 'Abbasid Society; Ch. XXVII; Scientific and Literary Progress; Ch. XXVIII; Education; Ch. XXIX; The Development of Fine Arts; Ch. XXX; Moslem Sects; Ch. XXXI; The Caliphate dismemberd: Petty Dynasties in the West; Ch. XXXII; Sundry Dynasties in the East; Ch. XXXIII; The Collapse of the 'Abbasid Caliphate --; Pt. IV; The Arabs in Europe: Spain and Sicily; Ch. XXXIV; Conquest of Spain; Ch. XXXV; The Umayyad Amirate in Spain; Ch. XXXVI; Civil Disturbances; Ch. XXXVII; The Umayyad Caliphate of Cordova; Ch. XXXVIII; Political, Economic and Educational Institutions; Ch. XXXIX; Petty States: Fall of Granada; Ch. XL; Intellectual Contributions; Ch. XLI; Art and Architecture; Ch. XLII; In Sicily --; Pt. V; The Last of the Medieval Moslem States; Ch. XLIII; A Shi'ite Caliphate in Egypt: The Fatimids; Ch. XLIV; Life in Fatimid Egypt; Ch. XLV; Military Contacts between East and West: The Crusades; Ch. XLVI; Cultural Contacts; Ch. XLVII; The Mamluks, last Medieval Dynasty of Arab World; Ch. XLVIII; Intellectual and Artistic Activity; Ch. XLIX; The End of Mamluk Rule --; Pt. VI; Ottoman Rule and Independence; Ch. L; The Arab Lands as Turkish Provinces; Ch. LI; Egypt and the Arab Crescent; Ch. LII; The Changing Scene: Impact of the West ER -