| Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity Contributor(s): Bowersock, G. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611683211 ISBN-13: 9781611683219 Publisher: Brandeis University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 939.4 |
| LCCN: 2012006311 |
| Series: Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.44 lbs) 95 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historian G. W. Bowersock presents a searching examination of political developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the rise of Islam. Recounting the growth of Christian Ethiopia and the conflict with Jewish Arabia, he describes the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of a late resurgent Sassanian (Persian) Empire. He concludes by underscoring the importance of the Byzantine Empire's defeat of the Sassanian forces, which destabilized the region and thus provided the opportunity for the rise and military success of Islam in the seventh century. Using close readings of surviving texts, Bowersock sheds new light on the complex causal relationships among the Byzantine, Ethiopian, Persian, and emerging Islamic forces. |