This book, first published in 1969, brings out clearly and concisely the complex moulding of Arab identity. The present-day Arabic-speaking peoples may be traced back to the Arabian tribes that were later to be shaped into a people by Islam. With the Muslim conquests the language of the Arabian tribes became the vernacular of a vast cosmopolitan society extending throughout the Middle East and Southern Mediterranean.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138192256
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221881247
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Author
Joel Carmichael
Publication Name
The Shaping of the Arabs: a Study in Ethnic Identity