Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This book investigates the failure of the Byzantine Empire to develop successful resistance to the Muslim conquest of North Africa. Zusammenfassung Who 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won and how? Walter Kaegi examines these perennial questions! with maps and on-site observations! in this exciting book. An impartial comparative framework helps to sort through identity politics! 'Orientalism' charges and counter-charges! and institutional controversies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Challenges of the subject and the sources; 2. Historiographical hurdles; 3. Fragmented geographical and logistical realities; 4. Christian contexts in seventh-century North Africa; 5. The military heritage of Heraclius on the eve of Muslim military operations; 6. The shock of Sbeitla; 7. Options for offensives and resistance; 8. The riddle of Constans II; 9. Muslim interests, calculations, and leadership; 10. The shift to tribal resistance; 11. The fall of Carthage and its aftermath; 12. The failures of two cities of Constantine.

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• Authors: Walter E Kaegi, Walter E. Kaegi, Walter Emil Kaegi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521196772
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19677-2
• No. of pages: 366
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Africa / North, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, North Africa, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Byzantine Empire, African history: pre-colonial period