Gordon, Matthew. <br/><br/>
The rise of Islam  [Book /] 
Matthew S. Gordon. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Greenwood Press,  2005. 
 - xxxv, 180 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Historical overview -- The Arab-Islamic conquests -- The Umayyad caliphate -- Cities in the early Abbasid period -- Religious practice, law and spirituality -- The Islamic world in the early tenth century. 
<br/><br/> All Ages. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0313325227 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005003392 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP55  / .G67 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>297.09021