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Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests /
"This is a study of how and why the Byzantine Empire lost many of its most valuable provinces to Islamic (Arab) conquerors in the seventh century, provinces which included Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. It investigates conditions on the eve of those conquests, mistakes in Byzantine...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1992.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The problem of Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests
- The Byzantine Empire in an era of accelerating change
- Difficulties in devising defences for Syria
- The first Muslim penetrations of Byzantine territory
- Early tests in southern Palestine
- Problems of cohesion: the battle of Jabiya-Yarmuk reconsidered
- The brief struggle to save northern Syria and Byzantine Mesopotamia
- Byzantium, Armenia, Armenians, and early Islamic conquests
- Controversy and confidence in the seventh-century crisis
- Elements of failure and endurance.