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1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 313 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511470615
Content:
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 policy toward the Arabs, the course of the military campaigns, and the problem of local official and civilian collaboration with the Muslims. It also seeks to explain how, after terrible losses, the Byzantine government achieved some intellectual rationalisation of its disasters and began the complex process of transforming and adapting its fiscal and military institutions and political controls in order to prevent further disintegration
Content:
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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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521411721
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521484558
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521411721
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511470615
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