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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity
    sub title: The Arabian Conquests in Comparative Perspective
  name:
    name part: Wakeley, James Moreton.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2018
    edition: 1st ed. 2018.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VII, 109 p. online resource.
  abstract: This book offers a radical perspective on what are conventionally called the Islamic Conquests of the seventh century. Placing these earthshattering events firmly in the context of Late Antiquity, it argues that many of the men remembered as the fanatical agents of Muḥammad probably did not know who the prophet was and had, in fact, previously fought for Rome or Persia. The book applies to the study of the collapse of the Roman Near East techniques taken from the historiography of the fall of the Roman West. Through a comparative analysis of medieval Arabic and European sources combined with insights from frontier studies, it argues that the two falls of Rome involved processes far more similar than traditionally thought. It presents a fresh approach to the century that witnessed the end of the ancient world, appealing to students of Roman and medieval history, Islamic Studies, and advanced scholars alike. .
  table of contents: Chapter 1 - A Sibling Rivalry -- Chapter Two - The Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity -- Chapter Three - The problem of the Islamic Sources -- Chapter Four - History for Purposes other than History -- Chapter Five - Making 'Muslims' on the March -- Chapter Six - From Clients to Conquerors -- Chapter Seven - Conclusion. .
  note: by James Moreton Wakeley.
  subject:
    topic: Europe-History-To 476
  subject:
    topic: Middle East-History
  subject:
    topic: Philology
  subject:
    topic: Military history
  subject:
    topic: Historiography
  subject:
    topic: History of Ancient Europe
  subject:
    topic: History of the Middle East
  subject:
    topic: Classical Studies
  subject:
    topic: History of Military
  subject:
    topic: Historiography and Method
  classification: D51-95
  classification: 936
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319697963
  identifier: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69796-3
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    record creation date: 171212
    record change date: 20191023232419.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-69796-3