Arabs: A 3000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
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9780300251630
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This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia.
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Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developmentsāfrom pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammadās use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabicāhave helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in todayās politically fractured postāArab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.
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Tim Mackintosh-Smith
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9780300251630
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This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia.
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Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developmentsāfrom pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammadās use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabicāhave helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in todayās politically fractured postāArab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.
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Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Paperback
9780300251630
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This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia.
Ā
Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developmentsāfrom pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammadās use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabicāhave helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in todayās politically fractured postāArab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.
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