In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire - Tom Holland
Language: EnglishKeywords:
arabs
Islam
muhammad
prophet
Religion
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Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Year Published: 2012
This is the the chaptered version of the audiobook shared by daenigma100.
The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam.
No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion—except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day—not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.
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| 16 - Chapter 5 COUNTDOWN TO APOCALYPSE 5.1 New Wine in Old Bottles.mp3 37.32 MBs | |
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This post has 15 comments with rating of 5/5
May 21st, 2020
Superbio, heythere/enigma, Holland’s great. I think the record for the fastest expansion, and largest contiguous empire in history is still held by the Mongols, with the Islamic empire a ruthless second.
May 21st, 2020
Published in 2012 - and appreciate the up.
May 21st, 2020
There is another copy up but this is far superior! Thank you for this…..
May 21st, 2020
Thanks a lot !
May 22nd, 2020
Thanks a lot, as always.
May 22nd, 2020
There has never been an actual “Arab Empire”. A loose coalition at best. More often at war with each other.
May 22nd, 2020
“Popular”history indeed; a stocktaking of spurious ideas resulting in impressionistic understanding at best. To start with, and as rightly pointed out by by Gweilo, there has never been such an thing as “A Global Arab Empire.”
May 23rd, 2020
Thanks mate
May 23rd, 2020
MAGA-tards are hot under their made in China collars again. The mere suggestion that Arabs started an empire, [Islamic empire(s)] that dominated for centuries in science & culture too, triggers them to hammering away on their keyboards EXACTLY like every hyper offended snowflake. The Arabs start an entire new civilization really.
Today there are 1.8 billion Muslims, 420 million Arabic speakers (3 in US intelligence;) & 56 Islamic states in the world. Sounds global to me.
When one was raised on exceptionalism & taught white Americas invented everything, any evidence to the contrary causes glitches in their cognitive software resulting in failure to solve equations & safe space levels of anxiety.
Their problems could be addressed with the right algorithm (ḵuwārizmiyya - from the medieval Persian polymath Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī), algebra upgrading (al-jabbar - Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī again) & a very stiff drink of distilled alcohol (al-kuhul/al-kohl) with a toast to the medieval Islamic scholars/al-chemists for inventing distillation (no gasoline, diesel, plastic, et al without distilling either). Cheers to the caliphates for funding their research.
‘Arab Invasions: The First Islamic Empire’
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/arab-invasions-first-islamic-empire
May 23rd, 2020
I’m quite fond of Muslims (they tend to be deeply courteous people) and I’m very interested in Islam (there’s wisdom in all) - but was none too fond of algebra & algorithms. I found them to be haram, on the whole.
Also, not criticising, but weren’t the al-chemists supposed to deliver something else as well?
And you left out optics (not the optics related to the distilled spirit).
As to the controversial title, I think the subtitle was different, depending on the market. Entitled “In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World” outside America; and “In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire” in the US. I don’t know the purpose of the name change, as I’m punchy & bleary-eyed. The American publishers may have thought there would be greater traction if they included the words “Islam” & “Arab” & “Rise” - more of an image created in the mind (not to be an idolator, or anythin’).
I think the book just deals with the early, rapid & ruthless expansion. “Global” back then would have meant Europe, Africa & Asia. Arabic would have been the lingua franca (I don’t know the alternative term!) for Muslims, as it was the language of Muhammad & the Qur’an. Many still believe that the Qur’an should not be translated from Arabic, as this would represent an alteration of the word (all translation is, necessarily, a creative act).
Islam is also a universalising religion, and a “global” system, in that sense.
All by way of saying that this might help with the subtitle: Global Arab Empire.
Incidentally, I rate Holland very highly, as a writer & historian.
May 27th, 2020
Local American Universities, and jews have more noble price receivers than the entire Muslim world
October 6th, 2020
Tim Holland is a fraud. There are many great books by proper Historians on this subject. Warts and all! The evangelical Christian industry against anything Islamic has become hysterical.
March 26th, 2021
Holland is neither Evangelical, Christian, nor American, in point of fact. Great historian, though.
July 25th, 2021
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October 22nd, 2025
Thank you.
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