The Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity The Arabian Conquests in Comparative Perspective /

• Main Author: Wakeley, James Moreton (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Europe-History-To 476.; Middle East-History.; Philology.; Military history.; Historiography.; History of Ancient Europe.; History of the Middle East.; Classical Studies.; History of Military.; Historiography and Method.

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 w...

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.  .