The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate : AD 500-1000 /
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Language: English
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Cairo ; New York :
American University in Cairo Press,
2012.
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Call Number: DT39 .P69 2012
Table of Contents:
- •List of Maps •Acknowledgments •Abbreviations of Journal Titles •Introduction: The Context of Study •Red Sea Studies •The Chronological Parameters of Investigation •The Geographical Parameters of Investigation •1. The Late Roman Erythra Thalassa (CA. 325-525) •Introduction •The Formation of Late Antiquity in the Red Sea •Northern Ports and Hinterlands •Emporia and Merchants •Southern Ports and Hinterlands •Development of Commerce and Communications •2. Contested Hegemony (CA. 525-685) •Introduction •Ethiopian Hegemony (ca. 525-70) •Persian Hegemony (ca. 570-630) •Arab Hegemony (ca. 630-85) •3. The 'Long' Eighth Century (CA. 685-830) •Introduction •Sinaitic Ports and Hinterlands •Hijazi Ports and Hinterlands •Yemeni Ports and Hinterlands •Sudanese Ports and Hinterlands •4. The Early Islamic Bahr Al-Qulzum (CA. 830-970) •Introduction •Northern Ports and Hinterlands •Sudanese Ports and Hinterlands •Southern Ports and Hinterlands •Conclusion: The 'Long' Late Antiquity from the Perspective of the Red Sea •Introduction •Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the Red Sea •Muslim Conquests and the Caliphate in the Red Sea •Legacies: Creating the World of the Cairo Geniza •Gazetteer of Sites •Notes •Bibliography •Latin, Greek, Coptic, and Syriac Sources •Arabic and Persian Sources •Secondary Literature •Index