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The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (2nd Edition) by Hugh N. Kennedy, Karl Barbir Paperback, 440 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-582-40525-4 / 0582405254 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-40525-7 / 9780582405257 Based on original Arabic sources, the new edition of this well-established text has been comprehensively revised. The book covers the life of Muhammad and the birth of Islam, through the great days of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates (8th-10th centuries), to the period of political fragmentation w |