Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests

Walter E Jr Kaegi; Kaegi Walter E
Cambridge University Press
9780521484558
0-521-48455-3

The Byzantine empire lost many of its most valuable provinces to Islamic conquerors in the seventh century, including Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Armenia. This study investigates the eve of the conquests,.

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as well as how the Byzantine government eventually came to rationalize its disasters.