Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests » (Reprint)

This book examines how the Byzantine Empire came to lose so much of its territory to Islamic conquerors in the seventh century.

Preface;

1. The problem of Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests;
2. The Byzantine Empire in an era of accelerating change;
3. Difficulties in devising defences for Syria;
4. The first Muslim penetrations of Byzantine territory;
5. Early tests in southern Palestine;
6. Problems of cohesion: the battle of Jabiya-Yarmuk reconsidered;
7. The brief struggle to save northern Syria and Byzantine Mesopotamia;
8. Byzantium, Armenia, Armenians, and early Islamic conquests;
9. Controversy and confidence in the seventh-century crisis;
10. Elements of failure and endurance; Bibliography; Index.