Byzantium & Early Islamic Conquests - Couverture souple

Kaegi, Walter E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521484553 ISBN 13 : 9780521484558

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Kaegi Walter E

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

'An important contribution to the debate on the Arab Islamic conquests of the eastern Roman provinces in the seventh century.' John Haldon, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521484553
• ISBN 13: 9780521484558
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328