The rise of Islam - Gordon, Matthew (Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, 2008)
Historical overview -- The Arab-Islamic conquests and the Medinan state -- The Umayyad caliphate (661-750) and the crisis of authority -- Cities in the early Abbasid period -- Religious practice, law, and spirituality in the early Abbasid era -- The Islamic world in the early tenth century.
Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.
Keywords: Islam -- History