The Islamic-Byzantine Frontier

Interaction and Exchange Among Muslim and Christian Communities

A. Asa Eger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2016
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78453-919-1 (ISBN)

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The retreat of the Byzantine army from Syria in around 650 CE, in advance of the approaching Arab armies, is one that has resounded emphatically in the works of both Islamic and Christian writers, and created an enduring motif: that of the Islamic-Byzantine frontier. For centuries, Byzantine and Islamic scholars have evocatively sketched a contested border: the annual raids between the two, the line of fortified fortresses defending Islamic lands, the no-man's land in between and the birth of jihad. In their early representations of a Muslim-Christian encounter, accounts of the Islamic-Byzantine frontier are charged with significance for a future 'clash of civilizations' that often envisions a polarised world. A. Asa Eger examines the two aspects of this frontier: its physical and ideological ones. By highlighting the archaeological study of the real and material frontier, as well as acknowledging its ideological military and religious implications, he offers a more complex vision of this dividing line than has been traditionally disseminated. With analysis grounded in archaeological evidence as well the relevant historical texts, Eger brings together a nuanced exploration of this vital element of medieval history.

A. Asa Eger is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He holds a PhD in Islamic Archaeology from the University of Chicago.

Introduction: Islamic Frontiers Real and Imagined

Part I: The Syro-Anatolian Thughur
Chapter 1: The Central Thughur: The Two Amuqs
Chapter 3: The Central Thughur: The Steppe and the River
Chapter 3: The Eastern Thughur
Chapter 4: The Jazira (Balikh and Khabur River Valleys)
Chapter 5: The Western Thughur: Crossroads of Cilicia

Part II: Hydraulic Villages and Fortified Castles: A Narrative of Settlement
Chapter 6: Upland Settlements in the Late Roman Period (Fourth to Seventh Centuries)
Chapter 7: Hydraulic Villages in the Early Islamic Period (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)
Chapter 8: Pastoralism on the Byzantine Frontier (Seventh to Tenth Centuries)
Chapter 9: Fortified Castles of the Middle Islamic/Byzantine Period (Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries)
Chapter 10: Frontier or Frontiers: Social and Environmental Interactions

Conclusion: Dismantling and Rebuilding the Frontier

Erscheinungsdatum	23.12.2016
Zusatzinfo	30 integrated bw
Sprache	englisch
Maße	136 x 214 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Byzanz • Islam, Geschichte
ISBN-10	1-78453-919-8 / 1784539198
ISBN-13	978-1-78453-919-1 / 9781784539191
Zustand	Neuware