Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam - Paperback

by Robert G. Hoyland (Author)

Using a wide range of sources - inscriptions, poetry, histories, and archaeological evidence - Robert G. Hoyland explores the main cultural areas of Arabia, from ancient Sheba in the South, to the deserts and oases of the north.

Author Biography

Robert G. Hoyland has been a research fellow of St John's College, Oxford since 1994. He is the author of Seeing Islam As Others Saw It and several articles on the history of the Middle East. He regularly conducts fieldwork in the region.