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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kaegi, Walter Emil
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Sujets:
527-1081
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Islam
Geschichte
Islamisierung
Islam.
Expansie (macht)
Geschichte (600-650)
Geschichte Anfänge-1081.
Geschichte 630-680.
Byzantine Empire > History > 527-1081.
Islamic Empire > History > 622-661.
Empire byzantin > Histoire > 527-1081.
Empire islamique > Histoire > 622-661.
Byzantine Empire
Islamic Empire
Byzantinisches Reich
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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