Greg Fisher (1) (1976–)

This is an interesting topic, but there's not as much narrative or evidence as I would like for the author's conclusions. The difficulty, stems from the preliterate state of Arab literature prior to Mohammad. The writer does work the three incidents we have evidence for very closely. So, an interesting book, and we look forward to more stuff once the author gets more research grants, and time.

This book will give you a good overlook of the picture. No deep details (which is perfect for that kind of book) but still enough to understand historicly what is going on and why it happened the way it did.
M. Fisher moves chonologicaly in this book.
The chapters divide the book in a series of important eras. M. Fisher shows the social changes happening thru those chapters. Each one defining an important step in the area's history.
And at the end proposing his hypothesis on how Islam and show more Arabs conquered all that territories in such a small period of time.
Basicaly what he lays down is that the Arab tribes were already a major force in the region. They took their place slowly during the preceding centuries. Islam gave them a banner under which to unite all the tribes, therefore creating the Islamic empire. It is not that simply brought up by M.Fisher, so read it... show less