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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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Autore: Howard-Johnston James D Visualizza persona
Titolo: Witnesses to a world crisis [[electronic resource] ] : historians and histories of the Middle East in the seventh century / / James Howard-Johnston Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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