Byzantium and the Early Islamic ConquestsThis book presents an enquiry into a fundamental historical problem in early Byzantine history: why the Byzantine Empire failed to contain emergent Islam in the new religion's initial years, and in particular how and why the Byzantines first lost Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Armenia before partial recovery. |
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Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565-1204 John F. Haldon No preview available - 1999 |