Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests

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Paperback | 29 May 1995

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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.

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'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

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Preface
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
Bibliography
Index
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