Rome, Persia, and Arabia: Shaping the Middle East from Pompey to Muhammad

ISBN-13: 9780415728805 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str.

Greg Fisher

Opis

Rome and the Arabs before the Rise of Islam provides a concise introduction to the complex world of pre-Islamic Arabia and its relationship with the Roman Empire. Although concentrating on the relationship between the Arabs and the Romans, the book also draws on sources and material from the Sasanian Empire. The Sasanian Empire played an important role in the growing political and religious identity of Arabs in the pre-Islamic period, though one which is not very well understood.

Taking Romans, Sasanians, and Arabs together, the book sets out, from an historical perspective rather than a theological or an ideological one the political and religious affairs of the Arabs in the period usually known as late antiquity, from the end of the third century until the Muslim invasions nearly halfway through the seventh. With the inclusion of maps, illustrations, a timeline, glossary and further reading "Rome and the Arabs before the Rise of Islam" allows students to understand the dynamics of this confusing period in Roman history. "

Recenzje

'This is the definitive political history of the Arabs before Islam. Fisher deftly describes how the emergent Arab tribes navigated the complex political landscape between the Roman, Parthian, and Persian Empires. Even though I’ve studied this topic for years, I learned something new on almost every single page. Anyone interested in Middle Eastern history should read this book.' - Walter D. Ward, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Spis treści

1. Writing the History of (the) Pre-Islamic Arabs  2. Between Rome and Parthia  3. Enemies, Allies, and Pretenders, ad 211–500  4. Arab Statesmen in the Sixth Century  5. Legacy

O autorze

Greg Fisher is a graduate of the University of Oxford, UK, and the author and editor of numerous works on the ancient world including Between Empires (2011), Arabs and Empires before Islam (2015), and Hannibal and Scipio (2015).