GERMAN

The Arabs in Antiquity: Their History from the Assyrians to the Umayyads

By Jan Retso

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781136872891, 0700716793, 1136872892
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3117082 bytes)
Pages
704\0
Time added
2023-10-02 16:46:52

Description

The history of the Arabs in antiquity from their earliest appearance around 853 BC until the first century of Islam, is described in this book. It traces the mention of people called Arabs in all relevant ancient sources and suggests a new interpretation of their history. It is suggested that the ancient Arabs were more a religious community than an ethnic group, which would explain why the designation 'Arab' could be easily adopted by the early Muslim tribes. The Arabs of antiquity thus resemble the early Islamic Arabs more than is usually assumed, both being united by common bonds of religious ideology and law.

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