16 must-read history books like In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland

In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire

By: Robert G. Hoyland

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Hardcover

In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Cal…

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1. Medieval Europe

By: Chris Wickham

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • world history
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2. Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam's Obscure Origins

By: Robert Spencer

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Are jihadists dying for a fiction? Everything you thought you knew about Islam is about to change. … read more

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  • history
  • religion
  • islam
  • nonfiction
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3. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By: Mary Beard

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

New York TimesBestseller * National Book Critics Circle Finalist * Wall Street JournalBest Books of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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4. The Persian Expedition

By: Xenophon , Rex Warner , None , George Cawkwell

4.18

Format: None pages,

In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who sought his destiny abroad, provides… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion

By: Robert Spencer

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Muhammad: a frank look at his influential (and violent) life and teachings In The Truth about Muham… read more

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  • history
  • religion
  • islam
  • nonfiction

6. In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire

By: Robert G. Hoyland

3.76

Format: 6 pages, Hardcover

In just over a hundred years--from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Cal… read more

Similar categories in Robert G. Hoyland's In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire book and Robert G. Hoyland's In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire

  • history
  • islam
  • world history
  • asia
  • military history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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7. The Trial and Death of Socrates

By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube , John M. Cooper

3.63

Format: 224 pages,

The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socratespresents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished transla… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. Roman Warfare

By: John Keegan , Adrian Goldsworthy

3.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Romans built perhaps the greatest empire of all time, forged with an unequaled skill in warfare… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
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9. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

By: Steve Coll

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The news-breaking book that has sent shockwaves through the Bush White House, Ghost Warsis the most… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

10. Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam

By: Fred M. Donner

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Hardcover

The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The tradition… read more

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11. After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

By: Lesley Hazleton

3.79

Format: 477 pages,

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12. Fatherland

By: Robert Harris

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country i… read more

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13. The Life of Muhammad

By: Muḥammad Ibn Isḥāq , Alfred Guillaume , None

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Alfred Guillaume's authoritative translation of the Sira of Ibn Ishaqpresents in English the comple… read more

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14. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • military history
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16. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution

By: Jeremy D. Popkin

4.21

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern wo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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17. The Last Great War of Antiquity

By: James Howard-Johnston

3.99

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ide… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • history
  • military history
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18. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

By: Marc David Baer

3.95

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

This major new history of the Ottoman dynasty reveals a diverse empire that straddled East and West… read more

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  • history
  • islam
  • world history
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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19. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • world history
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20. Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It

By: Steve Forbes

3.95

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Inflation: What It Is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It explains what's behind the worst inflationar… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. Muhammad

By: Maxime Rodinson

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A definitive and fascinating introduction to the life, ideas, and impact of the founder of Islam. M… read more

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  • history
  • islam
  • nonfiction

6 Best religion books like In God's Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire by Robert G. Hoyland

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Chris Wickham

3.72

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Robert Spencer

3.59

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Robert Spencer

3.93

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3.76

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Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

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Plutarch , Christopher Pelling , Richard J.A. Talbert

4.12

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Michael Hofmann , Ernst Jünger

3.50

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S.A. Handford , Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner , Aulus Hirtius

4.11

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