The Arabs

by Hitti, Philip K.

• ISBN13: 9780895267061
• ISBN10: 0895267063
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Gateway Books

Summary

An ideal introduction to Arab history and culture.

Author Biography

Phillip Khuri Hitti (1886 - 1978) was a Lebanese-American professor and foremost authority on Arab and Middle Eastern history, Islam, and Semetic languages. A scholar Princeton and Harvard University, he almost single-handedly created the discipline of Arabic studies in America. As a Chair at Princeton University, a position he held from February 1926 until his retirement in 1954, he taught Arabic to servicemen through the Army Specialized Training Program during World War II. He died in Princeton, NJ on December 24th, 1978.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(16)
Philip S. Khoury
Preface	xxiii
Arabs, Moslems and Semites	1	(8)
The Original Arab, the Bedouin	9	(12)
On the Eve of the Rise of Islam	21	(9)
Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah	30	(12)
The Book and the Faith	42	(14)
Islam on the March	56	(15)
The Caliphate	71	(9)
Conquest of Spain	80	(14)
Social and Cultural Life Makes a Start	94	(11)
The Glory That Was Baghdad	105	(17)
The Life of the People	122	(18)
Science and Literature	140	(14)
The Fine Arts	154	(8)
Cordova: Jewel of the World	162	(12)
Contributions to the West	174	(19)
The Cross Supplants the Crescent	193	(26)
The Crusades	219	(19)
The Last Dynasty	238	(14)
The Arab Lands in the Modern World	252	(13)
Index	265