Byzantine Libya and the March of the Arabs towards the West of North Africa

A detailed study of Byzantine Africa and its conquest by the Arabs beginning in 641/642. Professor Christides assesses the political situation on the eve of the first Arab raid, the raids themselves and the sources available for studying them, as well as the causes and consequences of the Byzantine loss of North Africa and the integration of Arabic and Islamic cultures. The study focuses primarily on the regions of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan (roughly modern-day Libya).

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Vassilios Christides

Product details

• Authors: Vassilios Christides
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.2000
• EAN: 9781841711331
• ISBN: 978-1-84171-133-1
• No. of pages: 158
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Series: BAR International; BAR International Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)