LEADER 05317nam 2200685 a 450 001 996200840403316 005 20230725024703.0 010 $a0-19-969499-0 010 $a1-282-61357-X 010 $a9786612613579 010 $a0-19-157608-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000039687 035 $a(EBL)3053755 035 $a(OCoLC)922970011 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000410198 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11279770 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000410198 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10349474 035 $a(PQKB)11525599 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000076213 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053755 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000039687 100 $a20100712d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWitnesses to a world crisis$b[electronic resource] $ehistorians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century /$fJames Howard-Johnston 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 573 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-159418-0 311 $a0-19-920859-X 311 $a9780199208593 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""List of Maps""; ""Maps""; ""Introduction""; ""1. George of Pisidia""; ""1. Life and early poems""; ""2. War poetry and religious poetry""; ""3. Official history of the Persian war and other late works""; ""4. Literary achievement""; ""5. Relations with the emperor""; ""2. Two Universal Chronicles""; ""1. Chronicon Paschale: general characteristics""; ""2. Chronicon Paschale: universal history""; ""3. Chronicon Paschale: documentary history of the recent past""; ""4. Chronicon Paschale: scope and authorship"" 327 $a""5. Chronicle to the Year 724: content and sources""""6. Chronicle to the Year 724: early seventh-century material""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""3. Seventh-Century Eastern Sources I: The History of Khosrov""; ""1. The History of Khosrov and its authorship""; ""2. Scope and character""; ""3. Sources""; ""4. Editing""; ""5. Trustworthiness""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""4. Seventh-Century Eastern Sources II: The History to the Year 682 and the Khuzistan Chronicle""; ""1. History of Atropatene (Azerbaijan) from the beginning of time""; ""2. A historical text disinterred: the History to the Year 682"" 327 $a""3. Information about Turks and Arabs""""4. Editing""; ""5. History to 682: reliability and historical contribution""; ""6. Khuzistan Chronicle""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""5. Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century I""; ""1. Works written in Constantinople""; ""2. Evidence from Asia Minor""; ""3. Evidence from the Balkans, Italy, and north Africa""; ""4. Two show-trials in Constantinople in the 650s""; ""6. Supplementary Roman Sources of the Seventh Century II""; ""1. Propaganda and lives of saints from Palestine""; ""2. Sophronius, poet and patriarch""; ""3. The Maronite Chronicle"" 327 $a""4. Evidence about Egypt in the early seventh century""""5. A detailed narrative of the Arab conquest of Egypt""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""7. Later Historians: The West Syrian Tradition""; ""1. The lost History of Theophilus of Edessa and its derivatives""; ""2. Theophilusa??? account of the last Romana???Persian War""; ""3. Theophilusa??? account of the rise of Islam""; ""4. Theophilus on international relations and domestic crises (641a???661)""; ""5. Theophilusa??? evidence on Arab grand strategy before and after the second civil war"" 327 $a""6. Editorial treatment of Theophilusa??? work in later histories""""7. Conclusion""; ""8. Later Historians: Nicephorus""; ""1. Life and historical writing""; ""2. Nicephorusa??? account of the period 603a???641: sources""; ""3. Nicephorusa??? account of the period 603a???641: historical value""; ""4. Later seventh- and early eighth-century history: Nicephorusa??? source""; ""5. Nicephorusa??? account of Romana???Arab relations: historical value""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""9. Later Historians: Theophanes""; ""1. Life and work""; ""2. Last Romana???Persian war: sources"" 327 $a""3. Last Romana???Persian war: editorial errors"" 330 8 $aJames Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian) and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation. 606 $aIslam$xHistory 607 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y622-661 607 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y661-750 607 $aMiddle East$xHistory$yTo 622 607 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y622-661$xHistoriography 607 $aIslamic Empire$xHistory$y661-750$xHistoriography 607 $aMiddle East$xHistory$yTo 622$xHistoriography 615 0$aIslam$xHistory. 676 $a909.09767 700 $aHoward-Johnston$b James D$01013785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996200840403316 996 $aWitnesses to a world crisis$92359235 997 $aUNISA