Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity by Bowersock, G. W.

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781611683219)

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Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity by Bowersock, G. W.

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity

$24.95
Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity by Bowersock, G. W.

Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historian G. W. Bowersock presents a searching examination of political developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the rise of Islam. Recounting the growth of Christian Ethiopia and the conflict with Jewish Arabia, he describes the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of a late resurgent Sassanian (Persian) Empire. He concludes by underscoring the importance of the Byzantine Empire's defeat of the Sassanian forces, which destabilized the region and thus provided the opportunity for the rise and military success of Islam in the seventh century. Using close readings of surviving texts, Bowersock sheds new light on the complex causal relationships among the Byzantine, Ethiopian, Persian, and emerging Islamic forces.

Author: G. W. Bowersock
ISBN-10: 1611683211
ISBN-13: 9781611683219
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/11/2012
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
By G. W. Bowersock
By G. W. Bowersock
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G. W. BOWERSOCK is professor emeritus of ancient history at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. His most recent book is From Gibbon to Auden: Essays on the Classical Tradition.

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