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Armenian History Attributed to Sebeos (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)

By Robert Thomson

Book information

Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0853235643, 9780853235644
Open Library ID
OL21746676M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4119729 bytes)
Pages
364\447
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The History attributed to Sebeos is one of the major works of early Armenian historiography. Although anonymous, it was written in the middle of the seventh century, a time when comparable chronicles in Greek and Syriac are sparse. Sebeos traces the fortunes of Armenia in the sixth and seventh centuries within the broader framework of the Byzantine–Sasanian conflict. This book will be of interest to all those involved in the study of Armenia, the Caucasus, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Middle East in late antiquity. It will be of particular value to Islamicists, since Sebeos not only sets the scene for the coming of Islam, but provides the only substantial non-Muslim account of the initial period of expansion.

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