A groundbreaking work that delivers a fresh account of the Arab conquests, incorporating the latest research in Late Antique history.

• Part I: Introduction


• Preface


• 1. The Setting


• Part II: The Conquests


• 2. AD 630-40


• 3. AD 640-52


• 4. AD 652-90


• 5. AD 690-740


• Part III: The Aftermath


• 6. The creation of empire


• 7. The limits of empire


• 8. Impact and Legacy


• Appendix: The Authors


• Bibliography


• Index

Robert G. Hoyland is Professor of Late Antique and Early Islamic Middle Eastern History at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and Professor of Islamic History at the University of Oxford. He is also the author of Arabia and the Arabs.