Byzantium Viewed by the Arabs
Nadia Maria el Cheikh
Discover the complex and non-monolithic Arabic-Islamic view of Byzantium with this book. Examining centuries of warfare, contact, and exchanges between the two cultures, this investigation includes previously inaccessible material on the Arabic textual tradition on Byzantium. Uncover the significance of Byzantium to the Arab Muslim establishment and their appreciation of various facets of Byzantine culture and civilization. This alternative perspective presents the schemes developed by medieval authors to reinterpret aspects of their own history, self-definition, and view of the world.
Publish Date
2004-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
2004-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.18
ISBN
9780932885302
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2020-02-11T13:33:50.000Z
By the by, a great book that helped me view Heraclius and Byzantium from a non-Roman perspective is “Byzantium viewed by the Arabs” by Prof. Nadia Maria El Cheikh (@NadiaelCheikh1) @Harvard_Press – source