TheGreatArabConquests

Table of Contents Praise Title Page Dedication LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Acknowledgements PREFACE Foreword Chapter 1 - THE FOUNDATIONS OF CONQUEST Chapter 2 - THE CONQUEST OF SYRIA AND PALESTINE Chapter 3 - THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ Chapter 4 - THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT Chapter 5 - THE CONQUEST OF IRAN Chapter 6 - INTO THE MAGHREB Chapter 7 - CROSSING THE OXUS Chapter 8 - THE ROAD TO SAMARQAND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF QUTAYBA B. MUSLIM, 705-15 THE TURKISH COUNTER-STROKE, 715-37 ASAD B. ABD ALLĀH, NASR B. SAYYĀR AND THE TRIUMPH OF ISLAM, 737-51 Chapter 9 - FURTHEST EAST AND FURTHEST WEST SPAIN AND PORTUGAL Chapter 10 - THE WAR AT SEA NAVAL ORGANIZATION WARSHIPS THE EVIDENCE OF THE EGYPTIAN PAPYRI Chapter 11 - VOICES OF THE CONQUERED Chapter 12 - CONCLUSION THE DEFINING OF THE FRONTIERS THE SUCCESS OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Copyright Page Praise for The Great Arab Conquests “[The Great Arab Conquests] states historical truths most nonexperts, general readers and politicians ignore.”—Philadelphia Inquirer “Kennedy tells a remarkable tale with skill and authority.” —The Economist “Weighing the sources car......