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List view record 1: Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 18, The Rise of Islam [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 1: Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 18, The Rise of Islam [efilm]
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Books that Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Episode 18, The Rise of Islam [efilm]

2019
Step back in time to get Gibbon's account of the rise of Islam. Occupying Chapters 50 to 52, this narrative emphasizes how, in Gibbon's view, Islam arrived at a fortunate historical moment when it faced only weak opposition from surrounding powers; he also pays warm tribute to Muhammad's qualitie...
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