In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

List of Maps

Epigraph

I INTRODUCTION

1 KNOWN UNKNOWNS

II JAHILIYYA

2 IRANSHAHR

3 NEW ROME

4 THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM

5 COUNTDOWN TO APOCALYPSE

III HIJRA

6 MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

7 THE FORGING OF ISLAM

ENVOI: PLUS ÇA CHANGE?

Timeline

Dramatis Personae

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Illustrations

About the Author

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