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02852cam a2200337 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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a617341 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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161107s2017 xxuab 001 0 eng c |
| 009 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED-FIELD FOR ARCHIVAL COLLECTION (VM) [OBSOLETE] |
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617341 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
978-0-674-05776-0 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
1027212298 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
fre |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
FRAS |
| Description conventions |
AFNOR |
| 072 ## - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
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| Subject category code |
MAI |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
956.01 |
| Edition number |
23A |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
956.02 |
| 095 ## - 095 |
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| a |
xxu |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bowersock, Glen Warren |
| Dates associated with a name |
(1936-....) |
| Relator term |
Auteur |
| Relationship |
070 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
34103 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The crucible of Islam |
| Medium |
[Texte imprimé] / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
G. W. Bowersock |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Harvard University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 vol. (220 p.) ; |
| Dimensions |
19 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam--from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century--exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad's prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. In Muhammad's time Arabia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where Christianity, Judaism, and local polytheistic traditions vied for adherents. Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace, belonged to the part of Arabia recently conquered by the Ethiopian Christian king Abraha. But Ethiopia lost western Arabia to Persia following Abraha's death, while the death of the Byzantine emperor in 602 further destabilized the region. Within this chaotic environment, where lands and populations were traded frequently among competing powers and belief systems, Muhammad began winning converts to his revelations. In a troubled age, his followers coalesced into a powerful force, conquering Palestine, Syria, and Egypt and laying the groundwork of the Umayyad Caliphate. The crucible of Islam remains an elusive vessel. Although we may never grasp it firmly, Bowersock offers the most detailed description of its contours and the most compelling explanation of how one of the world's great religions took shape.-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Bibliogr. p. 189-191 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The Arabian kingdom of Abraha -- Arab paganism in late antiquity -- Late antique Mecca -- Ethiopia and Arabia -- The Persians in Jerusalem -- Muhammad and Medina -- Interregnum of the four caliphs -- A new dispensation -- The Dome of the Rock |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED |
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| Uncontrolled term |
Islam--History |
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| Uncontrolled term |
Arabs--History--To 622 |
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| Uncontrolled term |
Islamic Empire--History--622-661 |
| 767 0# - TRANSLATION ENTRY |
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| Main entry heading |
(1936-....). - |
| Title |
Die Wiege des Islam : Mohammed, der Koran und die antiken Kulturen |
| Record control number |
a708515 |
| 700 19 - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
بورسوك، جلين وارين |
| Dates associated with a name |
(1936-....) |
| 930 ## - EQUIVALENCE OR CROSS-REFERENCE-UNIFORM TITLE HEADING [LOCAL, CANADA] |
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| Uniform title |
617341 |
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a617341 |
| 990 ## - EQUIVALENCES OR CROSS-REFERENCES [LOCAL, CANADA] |
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| Link information for 9XX fields |
Ben Ali Rihab |
