Has studies Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies. Went on to read Arabic, Persian & History at Cambridge. Taught in the Department of Medieval History at St Andrews since 1972, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2000).
Today’s Arab world was created at breathtaking speed. In just over 100 years following the death of Mohammed in 632, Arabs had subjugated a territory with an east-west expanse greater than the Roman Empire. They did it in about one-half the time. By the mid-8th century, Arab armies had conquered the 1000-year-old Persian Empire, reduced the Byzantine Empire to little more than a city-state based around Constantinople, and destroyed the Visigoth kingdom of Spain. The cultural and linguistic effects of this early Islamic expansion reverberate today. This is the first popular English-language account in many years of this astonishing remaking of the political and religious map of the world. Hugh Kennedy’s sweeping narrative reveals how the Arab armies conquered almost everything in their path, and brings to light the unique characteristics of Islamic rule. One of the few academic historians with a genuine talent for story telling, Kennedy offers a compelling mix of larger-than-life characters, fierce battles, and the great clash of civilizations and religions.
發表於2024-06-28
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七世紀八十年代,在如今位於土耳其東南部的群山中,湍急的底格裏斯河畔一座偏遠的修道院裏,一位名叫約翰·巴爾·彭卡耶的修士正在奮筆疾書,書寫著一部世界曆史概覽。 當他動筆寫到自己所處時代的曆史時,不禁為阿拉伯人對中東的徵服陷入瞭沉思。在梳理這些記憶猶新的重大事件...
評分 評分 評分後浪的新書一改我對這傢圖書公司的刻闆印象。 這部學者著作聚焦的是細部的曆史。厚厚的一本《大徵服:阿拉伯帝國的崛起》,看上去、摸起來都很有質感。書脊上綠色的燙金字還給書添瞭絲奢華氣息,一如中東地區曾經輝煌卻鮮為人知的過去。 常常由於缺少地圖,曆史知識看得模模糊...
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The Great Arab Conquests 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載