Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Pre-Islamíc Arabia 12
6. 2. The Development of Merchant Capital in Mecca 34
7. 3. Merchant Capital and Mecca's Internal Development 57
8. 4. Merchant Capital and the Rise of Islam 75
9. 5. Islamic Expansion and the Establishment of the Islamic State 99
10. 6. The Emergence of the New Segment 126
11. 7. The Civil War and the Struggle for Power 156
12. Epilogue 182
13. Notes 199
14. Bibliography 223
15. Index 235