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List of Maps ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
A Note on Conventions xvii
1 The Near East on the Eve of Islam 1
The Empires of the Late Antique Near East 3
Arabia between the Great Powers 27
Mecca and Yathrib (Medina) 34
2 Muhammad and the Believers' Movement 39
The Traditional Biography of Muhammad the Prophet 39
The Problem of Sources 50
The Character of the Early Believers' Movement 56
3 The Expansion of the Community of Believers 90
Sources 90
The Community in the Last Years of Muhammad's Life 92
Succession to Muhammad and the Ridda Wars 97
The Character of the Believers' Early Expansion 106
The Course and Scope of the Early Expansion 119
Consolidation and Institutions of the Early Expansion Era 133
4 The Struggle for Leadership of the Community, 34-73/655-692 145
Background of the First Civil War 146
The Course of the First Civil War (35-40/656-661) 155
Between Civil Wars (40-60/661-680) 170
The Second Civil War (60-73 /680-692) 177
Reflections on the Civil Wars 189
5 The Emergence of Islam 194
The Umayyad Restoration and Return to the Imperial Agenda 195
The Redefinition of Key Terms 203
Emphasis on Muhammad and the Qur'an 205
The Problem of the Trinity 212
Elaboration of Islamic Cultic Practices 214
Elaboration of the Islamic Origins Story 216
The Coalescence of an "Arab" Political Identity 217
Official vs. Popular Change 220
Appendix A The umma Document 227
Appendix B Inscriptions in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem 233
Notes and Guide to Further Reading 237
Glossary 257
Illustration Credits 265
Index 267
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