In The Shadow Of The Sword Av Tom Holland

In The Shadow Of The Sword Av Tom Holland

In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in ef......
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In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world.But the changes that marked the period were more than merely political or even cultural: there was also a transformation of human society with incalculable consequences for the future. Today, over half the world's population subscribes to one of the various religions that took on something like their final form during the last centuries of antiquity. Wherever men or women are inspired by belief in a single god to think or behave in a certain way, they bear witness to the abiding impact of this extraordinary, convulsive age - though as Tom Holland demonstrates, much of what Jews, Christians and Muslims believe about the origins of their religion is open to debate.In the Shadow of the Sword explores how a succession of great empires came to identify themselves with a new and revolutionary understanding of the divine. It is a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement, and stars many of the most remarkable rulers ever seen.
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A SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER''A stunning blockbuster'' Robert Fisk''A compelling detective story of the highest order'' Sunday TimesIn the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished for ever, while the other was a dismembered, bleeding trunk. In their place, a new superpower had arisen: the empire of the Arabs. So profound was this upheaval that it spelled, in effect, the end of the ancient world.But the changes that marked the period were more than merely political or even cultural: there was also a transformation of human society with incalculable consequences for the future. Today, over half the world''s population subscribes to one of the various religions that took on something like their final form during the last centuries of antiquity. Wherever men or women are inspired by belief in a single god to think or behave in a certain way, they bear witness to the abiding impact of this extraordinary, convulsive age - though as Tom Holland demonstrates, much of what Jews, Christians and Muslims believe about the origins of their religion is open to debate.In the Shadow of the Sword explores how a succession of great empires came to identify themselves with a new and revolutionary understanding of the divine. It is a story vivid with drama, horror and startling achievement, and stars many of the most remarkable rulers ever seen.

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In The Shadow Of The Sword tar deg med på en fantastisk reise tilbake til det 6. århundre e.Kr. Her utforsker Tom Holland de dramatiske endringene i Midtøstens politiske og religiøse landskap, da to mektige imperier - Perserne og Romerne - ble svekket, mens det nye arabiske imperiet reiste seg. Dette er mer enn bare en historisk redegjørelse; det er en fesselende beretning om menneskehetens utvikling og de ideene som har formet vår verden.

En dyptgående analyse av religion og makt

I In The Shadow Of The Sword dykker Holland ned i hvordan religiøse ideologier ble født i denne turbulente tiden. Dette er ikke bare en fortelling om kriger og keisere, men også en historie om tro, samfunnsforandringer, og hvordan de fremtidige religionene, inkludert jødedom, kristendom og islam, ble formet.

  • Forfatter: Tom Holland
  • Utgivelsesår: 2012
  • Sjanger: Historie / Religion
  • Språk: Norsk

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Dette mesterverket av Tom Holland er en New York Times bestselger og har blitt rost for sin grundige forskning og gripende fortelling. Med sin evne til å veve sammen historiske fakta med levende prosa, klarer han å engasjere både historieentusiaster og vanlige lesere. Ved å belyse hvordan ideer og tro kan påvirke nasjoner, gir Holland oss en dypere forståelse av dagens verdensbilde.

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