Long before Muhammed preached the religion of Islam, the inhabitants of his native Arabia had played an important role in world history as both merchants and warriors<BR><EM>Arabia and the Arabs</EM> provides the only up-to-date, one-volume survey of the region and its peoples, from prehistory to the coming of Islam<BR>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<BR>*the economy<BR>*society<BR>*religion<BR>*art, architecture and artefacts<BR>*language and literature<BR>*Arabhood and Arabisation<BR>The volume is illustrated with more than 50 photographs, drawings and maps.<BR>
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This book explores the Arab world and its development problems as its new oil wealth opens up prospects of accelerated economic and social progress. It describes Kuwait''s aid operations and looks at the effect the sudden torrent of oil money...
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This book is a companion to the hugely popular Lorries of Arabia: ERF NGC, published in 2015. The first book made tribute to ERF''s world-class long-hauler, focussing in particular on the Middle-East examples, and to those who drove them. It...
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