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Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests

By Walter E. Kaegi

Book information

Year
1992
ISBN
9780521411721, 9780511470615, 0521484553, 0521411726, 0511470614, 9780521484558
LCC
DF553 .K34 1991
Open Library ID
OL1536684M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9152366 bytes)
Pages
327\327
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

This is a study of how and why the Byzantine empire lost many of its most valuable provinces to Islamic conquerors in the seventh century, provinces that included Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Armenia. It investigates conditions on the eve of those conquests, mistakes in Byzantine policy toward the Muslims, 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 some terrible losses the Byzantine government achieved some intellectual rationalization 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.

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