The crucible of Islam / (Record no. 71964)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20171208181008.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780674057760 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MH/DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | MH |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| -- | UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 297.09021 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bowersock, G. W. |
| Fuller form of name | (Glen Warren), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1936- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 114100 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The crucible of Islam / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | G. W. Bowersock. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; |
| -- | London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Harvard University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 220 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | still image |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | cartographic image |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The Arabian kingdom of Abraha -- Arab paganism in late antiquity -- Late antique Mecca -- Ethiopia and Arabia -- The Persians in Jerusalem -- Muhammad and Medina -- Interregnum of the four caliphs -- A new dispensation -- The Dome of the Rock. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century CE. Yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this most obscure and yet most dynamic period in the history of Islam--from the mid-sixth to mid-seventh century--exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad's prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. In Muhammad's time Arabia stood at the crossroads of great empires, a place where Christianity, Judaism, and local polytheistic traditions vied for adherents. Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace, belonged to the part of Arabia recently conquered by the Ethiopian Christian king Abraha. But Ethiopia lost western Arabia to Persia following Abraha's death, while the death of the Byzantine emperor in 602 further destabilized the region. Within this chaotic environment, where lands and populations were traded frequently among competing powers and belief systems, Muhammad began winning converts to his revelations. In a troubled age, his followers coalesced into a powerful force, conquering Palestine, Syria, and Egypt and laying the groundwork of the Umayyad Caliphate. The crucible of Islam remains an elusive vessel. Although we may never grasp it firmly, Bowersock offers the most detailed description of its contours and the most compelling explanation of how one of the world's great religions took shape.-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Islam |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Arabs |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | To 622. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 60697 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Islamic Empire |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 622-661. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 17075 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Suppress in OPAC | Do not suppress in OPAC |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| House of Lords Library - Palace | House of Lords Library - Palace | Dewey | 25/07/2017 | 15.92 | 297.09021 BOW | 014157 | 08/12/2017 | 08/08/2017 | 1 | 15.92 | 08/12/2017 | Book |