The Islamic-Byzantine frontier : interaction and exchange among Muslim and Christian communities / A. Asa Eger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eger, A. Asa, author.

Series:

Library of Middle East history ; 34.

Library of Middle East history ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam.

Relations.

Christianity.

History.

Christianity and other religions.

Religion and international relations.

International relations.

Islamic Empire--Foreign relations--Byzantine Empire.

Islamic Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Foreign relations--Islamic Empire.

Byzantine Empire.

Religion and international relations--History--To 1500.

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History--To 1500.

Islam--Relations--Christianity--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

xvii, 409 pages ; 23 cm.

Distribution:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Contents:

Part 1 The Syro-Anatolian Thughur 23

1 The Central Thughur: The Two Amuqs 33

2 The Central Tbughur: The Steppe and the River 69

3 The Eastern Thughur 102

4 The Jazïra (Balikh and Khabur River Valleys) 127

5 The Western Thughur: Crossroads of Cilicia 158

Part 2 Hydraulic Villages and Fortified Castles: A Narrative of Settlement 183

6 Prologue: Upland Settlements in the Late Roman Period (Fourth to Seventh Centuries) 187

7 Hydraulic Villages in the Early Islamic Period (Seventh to Tenth Centuries) 198

8 The Byzantine Frontier (Seventh to Tenth Centuries) 246

9 Epilogue: Fortified Castles of the Middle Islamic/Middle Byzantine Period (Tenth to Fourteenth Centuries) 264

10 Frontier or Frontiers? Interaction and Exchange in Frontier Societies 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780761572

1780761570

OCLC:

897854830