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ARABIA AND THE ARABS
Long before Muhammad preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants
of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as
both merchants and warriors.
Arabia and the Arabs
provides the only up-to-date, one-volume
survey of the region and its peoples from prehistory to the coming of
Islam.
Using a wide range of sources – inscriptions, poetry, histories and
archaeological evidence – Robert Hoyland explores the main cultural
areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the south to the deserts and
oases of the north. He then examines the major themes of:
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the economy
society
religion
art, architecture and artefacts
language and literature
Arabhood and Arabisation.
The volume is illustrated with more than fifty photographs, drawings
and maps.
Robert G. Hoyland
has been a research fellow of St John’s College,
Oxford since 1994. He is the author of
Seeing Islam As Others Saw It
and several articles on the history of the Middle East. He regularly
conducts fieldwork in the region.
AR ABIA A N D T HE
AR A B S
From the Bronze Age to the
coming of Islam
Robert G. Hoyland
London and New York
First published 2001
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
© 2001 Robert G. Hoyland
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical,
or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including
photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or
retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hoyland, Robert G.
Arabia and the Arabs : from the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam /
Robert G. Hoyland.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Arabian Peninsula—History. I. Title.
DS231.H69 2001
953—dc21
2001019298
ISBN 0–415–19535–7 (pbk)
ISBN 0–415–19534–9 (hbk)
ISBN 0-203-45568-1 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-76392-0 (Glassbook Format)

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