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History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present (1937; reissue 2002 of rev. 10th ed. 1970) by Philip K. Hitti [Hitti, Philip Khuri], Walid Khalidi (new preface 2002) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present (1937; reissue 2002 of rev. 10th ed. 1970) about?

This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a work of great thoroughness and insight which contains much to satisfy general readers as well as scholars. Here is the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire, its time of greatness and of decay, unrolling one of the richest and most instructive panoramas in history. For this reissue of the tenth edition, Walid Khalidi gives a brief overview of the history and content of the book, and emphasises the vital importance of Philip K. Hitti's magisterial and scholarly work to on-going attempts to bridge the Arab/Western cultural divide. This accessible text is ideal not only for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Arabic and Islamic studies, but also for the general reader and many scholars in various fields of history. New to this - Fully updated with the results of new research - Contains a new Preface by a leading academic in the field, which highlights the importance of this book to past and present attempts to close the cultural gap between the Arab and Western worlds

Who reads History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present (1937; reissue 2002 of rev. 10th ed. 1970)?

Author

Philip K. Hitti [Hitti, Philip Khuri], Walid Khalidi (new preface 2002)

Publisher

Red Globe Press; Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780333631423

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, Religion

Rating

4.16 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14