A Comprehensive History of the Arab World (Part 2)

Author: Na Zhong
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: This book dedicates significant space to explaining the development of the Arab nation from nomadic tribes to a powerful nation-state and the establishment of the Arab-Islamic empire, which spanned three continents from the borders of China in the east to the Atlantic in the west. In addition to introducing the political, economic, social, religious, and cultural developments of Arab history, it also extensively covers many major topics often overlooked in general Arab history books. For example: the political, economic, and social foundations of the Arab expansion beyond the islands; the cultural prosperity of the southern Yemen region; the international environment of the Arabs before the rise of Islam; the economic boom and ideological changes in the northern Mecca region (the Kharijite movement). After the rise of Islam, the Mecca Charter was proposed, which promoted the unification of the northern and southern tribes of the Arabian Peninsula from isolation. The profound impact of the various large-scale migrations of the Arabs beyond the islands. The Arabs' attachment to settling in "new lands," their desire for land, their seizure of land, and the development of feudal land ownership. The contributions of the "New Muslims" (Muslims from countries other than Arabia) and the "Protected Peoples" (non-Muslims) to the Arab-Islamic empire. National conflicts and national integration. The Arab-Islamic empire was temporally situated between the ancient Greek, Roman, Persian, and Syrian cultures and the modern Western culture, and spatially located at the intersection of Eastern and Western cultures. The integration of the Arabs with various ethnic groups contributed to the great development of the empire's economy and culture. Muslim merchants (Da Shi merchants) largely controlled the overland and maritime Silk Roads, established north-south trade routes from the Arabian Sea to the Baltic Sea, and simultaneously advanced the great development of Arab-Islamic culture. Over more than two hundred years from the 11th to the 13th centuries, due to national integration, they repelled the attacks of the Western Crusaders and the Eastern Mongols. The later part of this book briefly introduces the complex process over more than 400 years after the 16th century, during which Arab countries endured alternating rule by the Ottoman Empire and Western colonialism, as well as the arduous struggles of the Arabs, and finally achieved independence and entered the bright era of national rebirth. This book is beneficial for professional research and also suitable for general readers.