Bøger af Philip K. Hitti

A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were crowded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and the alphabet.

Arabic texts paged with Arabic numeral characters (56 p.)

This authoritative study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a work of great thoroughness and insight which contains much to satisfy general readers as well as scholars.

The Druze, who can be traced back to eleventh-century Levant, have long intrigued scholars of the Middle East. This work reveals the remarkable Druze pantheon of semi-deities and investigates their dogmas and rituals, noting the stratification between the few Uqqal (elect wise ones) and the numerous Jahil (ignorant ones).

This study of the Arabians and the Arabic-speaking peoples is a useful source of information on Arab history. Suitable for both scholars and the general reader, it tells the story of the rise of Islam in the Middle Ages, its conquests, its empire and its times of greatness and decay.