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EBOOK Empires of Faith:The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191620027
EAN: 9444863CEB
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Stron: 448
Data wydania: 2011
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Drawing upon the latest historical and archaeological research, Dr Peter Sarris        provides a panoramic account of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the        Near East from the fall of Rome to the rise of Islam. The formation of a new social        and economic order in western Europe in the fifth, sixth, and seventh centuries, and        the ascendancy across the West of a new culture of military lordship, are placed        firmly in the context of on-going connections and influence radiatingoutwards from        the surviving Eastern Roman Empire, ruled from the great imperial capital of        Constantinople. The East Roman (or 'Byzantine') Emperor Justinian's attempts to        revive imperial fortunes, restore the empire's power in the West, and face down        Constantinople's great superpower rival, the SasanianEmpire of Persia, are charted,        as too are the ways in which the escalating warfare between Rome and Persia paved        the way for the development of new concepts of 'holy war', the emergence of Islam,        and the Arab conquests of the Near East. Processes of religious and cultural change        are explained through examination of social, economic, and military upheavals, and        the formation of early medieval European society is placed in a broader context of        changes that swept across the world of Eurasia fromManchuria to the Rhine.Warfare        and plague, holy men and kings, emperors, shahs, caliphs, and peasants all play        their part in a compelling narrative suited to specialist, student, and general        readership alike.

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