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Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity

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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 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.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Release: September 11, 2012

ISBN: 1611683211

ISBN 13: 9781611683219

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity

Glen W. Bowersock

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Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Release: September 11, 2012

ISBN: 1611683211

ISBN 13: 9781611683219

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