We explore more issues surrounding why the Arabs won. We look into their society. We explore the great battles themselves and the armies who fought in them.
Arabia and the Fertile Crescent in 600 AD from Wikipedia
Period: 602-695
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Tom Holland author of the book “In the Shadow of the Sword”
An interview with Tom Holland, author of the book “In the Shadow of the Sword.” The book traces the origins of Islam by looking at the Jewish, Roman and Persian worlds of late antiquity. In the interview he gives his views on how this process worked and then I ask him why did the Arabs win?
Period: 602-695
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Why can’t we entirely trust the traditional Islamic account of the conquests?
Period: 602-695
Download: Why did the Arabs win? Part 1: The Sources
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