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Autore |
Carey Brian Todd |
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Titolo |
Road to Manzikert : Byzantine and Islamic warfare, 527-1071 / / Brian Todd Carey ; [illustrated by] Joshua B. Allfree, John Cairns |
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Barnsley, : Pen & Sword, 2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xix, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AllfreeJoshua B |
CairnsJohn (Illustrator) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Manzikert, Battle of, Turkey, 1071 |
Byzantine Empire History, Military 527-1081 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Maps -- List of Illustrations -- Key to Maps -- Chronology of Byzantine and Islamic History from Justinian to the First Crusade -- Introduction: Byzantium, Islam and Catholic Europe - The Battle of Manzikert as Historical Nexus -- Chapter 1 Byzantine Warfare from Justinian to Herakleios -- Chapter 2 Islamic Warfare from Muhammad to the Rashidun Caliphate -- Chapter 3 Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery -- Chapter 4 Islamic Warfare from the Umayyads to the Coming of the Seljuk Turks -- Chapter 5 Byzantine and Seljuk Campaigns in Anatolia and the Battle of Manzikert -- Conclusion: In Manzikert's Wake - The Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia and the Origins of the Levantine Crusades -- Notes -- Glossary of Important Personalities -- Glossary of Military Terms -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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" Take[s] us through 500 years of conflict from Justinian through the rise of Islam to the coming of the Turks...good chapters on Islamic warfare."-- Balkan Military History In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of. |
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