Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa /

Muslim expansion and Byzantine collapse in North Africa /

"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...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Kaegi, Walter Emil (مؤلف)

التنسيق: كتاب

اللغة: English

منشور في: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

الموضوعات:

Africa, North > History > To 647.
Byzantine Empire > Antiquities.

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رقم الطلب: DT172 .K34

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جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.