This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity. The present-day Arabic-speaking peoples may be traced back to the Arabian tribes that were later to be shaped into a people by Islam. With the Muslim conquests the language of the Arabian tribes became the vernacular of a vast cosmopolitan society extending throughout the Middle East and Southern Mediterranean.
| ISBN: | 9781138192256 |
| Publication date: | 4th April 2016 |
| Author: | Joel Carmichael |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 418 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions. Society of the Middle East |
| Genres: |
Society and culture: general Regional / International studies Middle Eastern history Politics and government Economics |