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Table of Contents 
Praise
Title Page
Dedication
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Acknowledgements
PREFACE
Foreword
Chapter 1 - THE FOUNDATIONS OF CONQUEST
Chapter 2 - THE CONQUEST OF SYRIA AND PALESTINE
Chapter 3 - THE CONQUEST OF IRAQ
Chapter 4 - THE CONQUEST OF EGYPT
Chapter 5 - THE CONQUEST OF IRAN
Chapter 6 - INTO THE MAGHREB
Chapter 7 - CROSSING THE OXUS
Chapter 8 - THE ROAD TO SAMARQAND
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF QUTAYBA B. MUSLIM, 705-15
THE TURKISH COUNTER-STROKE, 715-37
ASAD B. ABD ALLĀH, NASR B. SAYYĀR AND THE TRIUMPH OF ISLAM, 737-51
Chapter 9 - FURTHEST EAST AND FURTHEST WEST
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Chapter 10 - THE WAR AT SEA
NAVAL ORGANIZATION
WARSHIPS
THE EVIDENCE OF THE EGYPTIAN PAPYRI
Chapter 11 - VOICES OF THE CONQUERED
Chapter 12 - CONCLUSION
THE DEFINING OF THE FRONTIERS
THE SUCCESS OF THE ARAB CONQUESTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Copyright Page
Praise for The Great Arab Conquests 
“[The Great Arab Conquests] states historical truths most nonexperts, general readers and politicians ignore.”—Philadelphia Inquirer 
 “Kennedy tells a remarkable tale with skill and authority.” 
—The Economist 
 “Weighing the sources carefully, Kennedy has composed a vivid and plausible narrative of events that continue to shape the daily news.”—Milwaukee Shepherd Express 
 “The Great Arab Conquests does a splendid job of showing how the core territories of early Christianity fell under Muslim power.” 
—Books & Culture 
 “Brings to resonant life the dazzling achievements of the military machine Muhammad created. . . . A major achievement of scholarship and readability.”—ForeWord 
 “Will likely become a standard account of the conquests for many years to come.”—First Things 
 “Kennedy here brings history to glowing life and, in the process, illuminates a part of our present in rich and meaningful ways. Unforgettable.”—January 
 “An extremely valuable addition to the discipline. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice 
 “Kennedy vividly introduces the formative establishment of Islam.”—Booklist 
 “A welcome addition to Islamic studies and history shelves.” 
—Midwest Book Review 

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
The old Empires
1. Emperor Justinian I and his retinue; mosaic c. AD 547.2. A dish depicting King Yazdgard III (632-51) hunting; Sasanian school, seventh century.3. Mushabbak Church, Syria.4. A Zoroastrian fire-temple in Konur Siyah, Fars, Iran.5. Taqi-kisrā, Iraq; the arch of the great palace at Ctesiphon.6. The ruin of the Marib dam, Yemen.7. A seventh-century Sasanian helmet.8 ............

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