Witnesses to a world crisis [[electronic resource] ] : historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century / / James Howard-Johnston
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Howard-Johnston James D
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| Titolo: |
Witnesses to a world crisis [[electronic resource] ] : historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century / / James Howard-Johnston
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 573 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 909.09767 |
| Soggetto topico: | Islam - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | Islamic Empire History 622-661 |
| Islamic Empire History 661-750 | |
| Middle East History To 622 | |
| Islamic Empire History 622-661 Historiography | |
| Islamic Empire History 661-750 Historiography | |
| Middle East History To 622 Historiography | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" |
| ""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"" | |
| ""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"" | |
| ""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. Theophilus� account of the last Roman�Persian War""; ""3. Theophilus� account of the rise of Islam""; ""4. Theophilus on international relations and domestic crises (641�661)""; ""5. Theophilus� evidence on Arab grand strategy before and after the second civil war"" | |
| ""6. Editorial treatment of Theophilus� work in later histories""""7. Conclusion""; ""8. Later Historians: Nicephorus""; ""1. Life and historical writing""; ""2. Nicephorus� account of the period 603�641: sources""; ""3. Nicephorus� account of the period 603�641: historical value""; ""4. Later seventh- and early eighth-century history: Nicephorus� source""; ""5. Nicephorus� account of Roman�Arab relations: historical value""; ""6. Conclusion""; ""9. Later Historians: Theophanes""; ""1. Life and work""; ""2. Last Roman�Persian war: sources"" | |
| ""3. Last Roman�Persian war: editorial errors"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | James 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Witnesses to a world crisis |
| ISBN: | 0-19-969499-0 |
| 1-282-61357-X | |
| 9786612613579 | |
| 0-19-157608-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996200840403316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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