Project Gutenberg 2014-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 84 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 Bertolotti, Davide 1784 1860 Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 10 Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Carlo Traverso, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 10" by Edward Gibbon is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This volume continues Gibbon's extensive examination of the fall of the Roman Empire, focusing on the implications of the rise of Islam and the life of the Prophet Muhammad. Gibbon delves into the socio-political dynamics and transformations within Arabia that contributed to the decline of Byzantine authority and the spread of Islam. The opening of this volume introduces the Arabian Peninsula's geography and climate, emphasizing its arid and inhospitable nature. Gibbon sketches a vivid portrait of the life of early Arabs, describing their tribal organization, pastoral lifestyle, and interactions with trade. He introduces the figure of Muhammad, detailing his background, the origins of his prophetic mission, and the socio-political context of the time. This sets the stage for analyzing how Muhammad's teachings would ultimately challenge existing religious and political structures, reshaping the landscape of the time and precipitating significant historical shifts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45224/45224-h/images/cover.jpg it Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527 DG Text IT Storia Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 1065741 1065750 2024-09-19T04:46:10.047987 2023-09-19T15:59:56.609484 text/html text/html 1039666 2014-03-25T17:28:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 513031 2014-03-25T17:28:50 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 545341 2024-09-19T04:46:24.124897 application/epub+zip 559943 2024-09-19T04:46:12.283946 application/epub+zip 502019 2024-09-19T04:46:11.206985 application/epub+zip 854771 2024-09-19T04:46:32.696945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 792031 2024-09-19T04:46:22.995889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 734442 2022-09-20T16:07:51.441215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 915991 2024-09-19T04:46:08.187991 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 915818 2014-03-25T17:28:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 367379 2014-03-25T17:28:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19058 2024-09-19T04:46:32.841844 application/rdf+xml 16274 2024-09-19T04:46:11.376974 image/jpeg 2182 2024-09-19T04:46:11.291967 image/jpeg 516011 2024-09-19T04:46:10.142006 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia en.wikipedia it.wikipedia