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  The End of the Jihad State: The Reign of Hisham Ibn 'Abd al-Malik and the ... - Khalid Yahya Blankinship, Khalid 'A. Blankinship - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=Jz0Yy053WS4C

  Stretching from Morocco to China, the Umayyad caliphate based its expansion and success on the doctrine of jihad--armed struggle to claim the whole earth for God's rule, a struggle that had brought much material success for a century but suddenly…

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  The Making of Byzantium, 600-1025 - Mark Whittow - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=bFh-ASmKksYC

  Mark Whittow presents a clear, up-to-date reassessment of the Byzantine empire during a crucial phase in the history of the Near East. Against a geopolitical background (superbly illustrated with fourteen maps), his book covers the last decade of the Roman…

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  Longing for the Lost Caliphate: A Transregional History - Mona Hassan - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=pqqtDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA59

  In the United States and Europe, the word "caliphate" has conjured historically romantic and increasingly pernicious associations. Yet the caliphate's significance in Islamic history and Muslim culture remains poorly understood. This book explores the…

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