Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of People, Tribes and Empires

Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of People, Tribes and EmpiresThis kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned

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Two new visual essays

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illustrating the dynamic story of a groundbreaking century through the evolution of everyday human objects

on a commission for the Beaford Arts Centre

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