Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Walter E. Kaegi.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xx, 345 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-354) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Challenges of the subject and the sources - Historiographical hurdles - Fragmented geographical and logistical realities - Christian contexts in seventh-century North Africa - The military heritage of Heraclius on the eve of Muslim military operations - The shock of Sbeitla - Options for offensives and resistance - The riddle of Constans II - Muslim interests, calculations, and leadership - The shift to tribal resistance, 669-95 - The fall of Carthage and its aftermath, 695-711 - The failures of two cities of Constantine.