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ISBN
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9780306921421
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Book Title
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Sword and Scimitar : Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
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Publisher
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Grand Central Publishing
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9.1 in
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Publication Year
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2020
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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Illustrator
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Yes
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1.2 in
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Genre
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Religion, History
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Islam / History, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Social History, Middle East / General
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14.3 Oz
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6 in
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Number of Pages
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352 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
0306921421
ISBN-13
9780306921421
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038272972
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sword and Scimitar : Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Islam / History, Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Social History, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
“Raymond Ibrahim’s Sword and Scimitar is a much-needed history of landmark battles between Islam and the West, . . . [a] first-rate military history and a product of solid scholarship and philological research.”–from the Foreword by Victor Davis Hanson , Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution
Dewey Decimal
355.02091767
Synopsis
The West and Islam–the sword and the scimitar–have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad’s order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the significant battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the occupation of the Middle East that prompted the Crusades and the far-flung conquests of the Ottoman Turks, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat–until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Turkish, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains the effect the outcome had on larger historical currents of the age and how the military lessons of the battle reflect the cultural faultlines between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark battles are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world, and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history., The West and Islam-the sword and scimitar-have clashed since the mid-seventh century. Using original-sources in Arabic, Greek, and other languages, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim vividly describes the decisive battles from this ages-old jihad and explains how they reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West. Book jacket., The West and Islam–the sword and the scimitar–have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad’s order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the significant battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the occupation of the Middle East that prompted the Crusades and the far-flung conquests of the Ottoman Turks, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat–until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Turkish, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains the effect the outcome had on larger historical currents of the age and how the military lessons of the battle reflect the cultural faultlines between Islam and the West.The majority of these landmark battles are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world, and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history., A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam — the sword and scimitar — have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad’s order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the Muslim occupation of nearly three-quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat — until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark battles — including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain–are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world — and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.
LC Classification Number
DS35.687.I27 2020
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