1st Edition

The Shaping of the Arabs A Study in Ethnic Identity

By Joel Carmichael Copyright 1967
418 Pages
by Routledge

418 Pages
by Routledge

418 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity. The present-day Arabic-speaking peoples may be traced back to the Arabian tribes that were later to be shaped into a people by Islam. With the Muslim conquests the language of the Arabian tribes became the vernacular of a vast cosmopolitan society extending throughout the Middle East and... Read more

1. Origins: Muhammad and the Quran  2. The Outpouring from the Desert: the Bedouin Conquests  3. A New State: the Arab Kingdom and the Muslim Empire  4. The Flowering of a Civilization: the Islamic World Empire  5. A Medieval Confrontation: Islam and Christendom  6. The Empire Crumbles: the Turks Come In: The Long Stagnation  7. Stirrings of Nationalism: the Reshaping of Arab Identity  8. Modern Times

Biography

Joel Carmichael