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Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests
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by Walter E. Kaegi
Sales Rank: 683230
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List Price: $43.00
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Cover Type: Paperback with 327 pages
Published by: Cambridge University Press March 31, 1995
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0521484553
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521484558
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Review
"It is good to see military history written competently by someone who knows the sources well and, what is more, has visited the sites of the major conflicts; Kaegi is good on the importance of landscape, strategy and confusion in deciding the outcome.[A] robust approach." Hugh Kennedy, Times Literary Supplement
"It is refreshing to read about the conquests from a Byzantinist's perspective and by one who is also familiar with the Arabic sources.Kaegi has presented a thorough and balanced view of the early Islmaic conquests of Byzantine territories. His assertion, based on a judicious reading of the sources, that these conquests were not inevitable is a welcome addition to the scholarship on this period." Ara Dostourian, Journal of the Society for Armenian State
"will remain for many years to come the fundamental work on the subject and will be the foundation on which any future historian of the conquests will have to build." Journal of the American Oriental Society
Product Description
This is a study of how and why the Byzantine empire lost many of its most valuable provinces to Islamic conquerors in the seventh century, provinces that included Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Armenia. It investigates conditions on the eve of those conquests, mistakes in Byzantine policy toward the Muslims, the course of the military campaigns, and the problem of local official and civilian collaboration with the Muslims. It also seeks to explain how after some terrible losses the Byzantine government achieved some intellectual rationalization of its disasters and began the complex process of transforming and adapting its fiscal and military institutions and political controls in order to prevent further disintegration.
Reader Reviews
Kaegi's book is a landmark study of one of the most important events in the history of the Byzantine Empire. His use of both Arab and Byzantine sources and his insistence on military factors are crucial for treating this subject properly. However, this book is almost unreadable. In several instances Kaegi repeats himself within a chapter, covering the same subject that he has already discussed as if one were reading a draft in progress. He also uses many infelicitious if not nonsensical phrases such as "victorious defeat" (p. 259). His brief, choppy sentences are frequently banal.
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