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In the Shadow of the Sword
In the Shadow of the Sword traces the transformation of the Near East in late antiquity and the emergence of Islam from a world dominated by Rome, Persia and competing monotheistic traditions. Holland moves across the Byzantine and Sasanian empires, Arabia and the religious communities of Jews, Christians and others to examine how political collapse and new forms of faith reshaped the region. The book places the early Islamic conquests within the wider end of the ancient world.
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