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

Copyright © 2012 by Tom Holland

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Holland, Tom.

In the shadow of the sword : the birth of Islam and the rise of the global Arab empire / Tom Holland.—1st U.S. ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Islamic Empire—History. 2. Islam—History. I. Title.

DS36.85.H65 2012

956’.013—dc23

2012000207

eISBN: 978-0-385-53136-8

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