عنوان

Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa /

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1107636809

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9781107636804

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bc10761

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Walter E. Kaegi.

Edition Statement

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 345 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Originally published: 2010.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Text of Note

"Who 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won it and how? Walter Kaegi takes a fresh look at these perennial questions, with maps and on-site observations, in this exciting new book. Persisting clouds of suspicion and blame overshadowed many Byzantine attempts to defend North Africa, as Byzantines failed to meet the multiple challenges from different directions which ultimately overwhelmed them. While the Muslims forcefully and permanently turned Byzantine internal dynastic and religious problems and military unrest to their advantage, they brought their own strengths to a dynamic process that would take a long time to complete - the transformation of North Africa. An impartial comparative framework helps to sort through identity politics, 'Orientalism' charges and counter-charges, and institutional controversies; this book also includes a new study of the decisive battle of Sbeitla in 647, helping readers to understand what befell Byzantium, and indeed empires from Rome to the present"--

Muslims-- Africa, North-- History.

Muslims.

Africa, North, History, 647-1517.

Africa, North, History, To 647.

Byzantine Empire, History, 527-1081.

Byzantine Empire.

North Africa.

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Edition

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Kaegi, Walter Emil

Date of Transaction

20220107143902.0

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[Book]

270410

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