ISBN: 9780521196772

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. Persist… Mehr…

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-- Books, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<

2011, ISBN: 9780521196772

Gebunden, 366 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 24mm, Sprache(n): eng This book investigates the failure of the Byzantine Empire to develop successful resistance to the Muslim conquest of North Afr… Mehr…

Gebunden, 366 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 24mm, Sprache(n): eng This book investigates the failure of the Byzantine Empire to develop successful resistance to the Muslim conquest of North Africa.Walter E. Kaegi is Professor of History at the University of Chicago where he has been teaching Byzantine, late antique, early Islamic and military history since 1965. He is the co-founder of the Byzantine Studies Conference and the president of the US National Committee for Byzantine Studies. Previous books include Army, Society and Religion in Byzantium (1982), Some Thoughts on Byzantine Military Strategy (1983), Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests (Cambridge, 1992) and Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium (Cambridge, 2003). Versandkostenfreie Lieferung Europa, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<

2010, ISBN: 9780521196772

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, 2010

2011, ISBN: 0521196779

Gebundene Ausgabe Europa, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]