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Hitti was a pioneer. Before him, "Oriental studies" in the West were often tainted by colonial bias or focused narrowly on biblical archaeology. Hitti changed that. He presented Arab history not as a footnote to European or Biblical events, but as a rich, independent, and sophisticated civilization that bridged antiquity and the modern world. He was also the first Muslim Arab scholar (though he was a Maronite Christian by faith) to break into the top echelons of Ivy League academia in the humanities.

: Hitti famously re-evaluates events like the Battle of Tours , arguing that the Arab "defeat" by Charles Martel was less about a clash of civilizations and more about internal political shifts and geographical preferences. history of the arab philip k. hitti pdf

Most academic institutions provide digital access to the Palgrave Macmillan editions. Hitti was a pioneer