The Making of the Medieval Middle East
| Author | : Jack Tannous |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 664 |
| Release | : 2020-03-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691203157 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691203156 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (156 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Making of the Medieval Middle East by : Jack Tannous
Download or read book The Making of the Medieval Middle East written by Jack Tannous and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second half of the first millennium CE, the Christian Middle East fractured irreparably into competing churches and Arabs conquered the region, setting in motion a process that would lead to its eventual conversion to Islam. Largely agrarian and illiterate, Christians often called "the simple" outnumbered Muslims well into the era of the Crusades, and yet they have typically been invisible in our understanding of the Middle East's history
