Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests

Walter E. Kaegi

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511470615

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.

‘An important contribution to the debate on the Arab Islamic conquests of the eastern Roman provinces in the seventh century.’

John Haldon Source: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Front Matter
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CONTENTS
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List of illustrations
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Preface
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List of abbreviations
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Chapter 1 - The problem of Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests
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Chapter 2 - The Byzantine Empire in an era of accelerating change
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Chapter 3 - Difficulties in devising defenses for Syria
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Chapter 4 - The first Muslim penetrations of Byzantine territory
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Chapter 5 - Early tests in southern Palestine
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Chapter 6 - Problems of cohesion: the battle of Jābiya- Yarmūk reconsidered
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Chapter 7 - The brief struggle to save northern Syria and Byzantine Mesopotamia
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Chapter 8 - Byzantium, Armenia, Armenians, and early Islamic conquests
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Chapter 9 - Controversy and confidence in the seventh-century crisis
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Appendix 1 - Author and date of the anti-jewish treatise
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Chapter 10 - Elements of failure and endurance
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Front Matter
pp i-vi

CONTENTS
pp vii-vii

List of illustrations
pp viii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

List of abbreviations
pp xi-xiv

Chapter 1 - The problem of Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests
pp 1-25

Chapter 2 - The Byzantine Empire in an era of accelerating change
pp 26-46

Chapter 3 - Difficulties in devising defenses for Syria
pp 47-65

Chapter 4 - The first Muslim penetrations of Byzantine territory
pp 66-87

Chapter 5 - Early tests in southern Palestine
pp 88-111

Chapter 6 - Problems of cohesion: the battle of Jābiya- Yarmūk reconsidered
pp 112-146

Chapter 7 - The brief struggle to save northern Syria and Byzantine Mesopotamia
pp 147-180

Chapter 8 - Byzantium, Armenia, Armenians, and early Islamic conquests
pp 181-204

Chapter 9 - Controversy and confidence in the seventh-century crisis
pp 205-230

Appendix 1 - Author and date of the anti-jewish treatise
pp 231-235

Chapter 10 - Elements of failure and endurance
pp 236-287

Bibliography
pp 288-305

Index
pp 306-314

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