Arabia: The Cradle of Islam : : Studies in the Geography, People, and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work / / Samuel M. Zwemer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Zwemer, Samuel M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Dennis, James S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (490 p.)

This book describes the Arabian peninsula on the eve of the First World War.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Introductory Note -- Note to the Fourth Edition -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- MAPS AND DIAGRAMS -- I. THE NEGLECTED PENINSULA -- II. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF ARABIA -- III. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA -- IV. THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MEDINA -- V. ADEN AND AN INLAND JOURNEY -- VI. YEMEN: THE SWITZERLAND OF ARABIA -- VII. THE UNEXPLORED REGIONS OF HADRAMAUT -- VIII. MUSCAT AND THE COASTLANDS OF OMAN -- IX. THE LAND OF THE CAMEL -- X. THE PEARL ISLANDS OF THE GULF -- XI. THE EASTERN THRESHOLD OF ARABIA -- XII. THE RIVER-COUNTRY AND THE DATE-PALM -- XIII. THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF TURKISH-ARABIA . -- XIV. A JOURNEY DOWN THE EUPHRATES -- XV. THE INTERIOR—KNOWN AND UNKNOWN -- XVI. "THE TIME OF IGNORANCE" -- XVII. ISLAM IN ITS CRADLE—THE MOSLEM'S GOD -- XVIII. THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK -- XIX. THE WAHABI RULERS AND REFORMERS -- XX. THE RULERS OF OMAN -- XXI. THE STORY OF THE TURKS IN ARABIA -- XXII. BRITISH INFLUENCE IN ARABIA -- XXIII. PRESENT POLITICS IN ARABIA -- XXIV. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE -- XXV. THE LITERATURE OF THE ARABS -- XXVI. THE ARAB -- XXVII. ARABIAN ARTS AND SCIENCES -- XXVIII. THE STAR-WORSHIPPERS OF MESOPOTAMIA -- XXIX. EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ARABIA -- XXX. THE DAWN OF MODERN ARABIAN MISSIONS -- XXXI. ION KEITH FALCONER AND THE ADEN MISSION -- XXXII. BISHOP FRENCH THE VETERAN MISSIONARY TO MUSCAT -- XXXIII. THE AMERICAN ARABIAN MISSION -- XXXIV. IN MEMORIAM -- XXXV. PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN FIELD -- XXXVI. THE OUTLOOK FOR MISSIONS TO MOSLEMS IN ARABIA -- Appendix I. A CHRONOLOGIGAL TABLE -- Appendix II. TABLE OF THE ARAB TRIBES OF NORTHERN ARABIA -- Appendix III. KAAT AND COFFEE CULTURE IN ARABIA -- Appendix IV. AN ARABIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX