The Islamic-Byzantine frontier : interaction and exchange among Muslim and Christian communities

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    • Eger, Alexander Asa

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The Islamic-Byzantine frontier : interaction and exchange among Muslim and Christian communities

A. Asa Eger

(Library of Middle East history, 34)

I.B. Tauris, 2015

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references(p. [371]-399) and index

"LMEH 37"--Spine

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内容説明

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. In this way, Eger's volume contributes to a more complex vision of the frontier than traditional historical views by bringing to the fore the layers of a real ecological frontier of settlement and interaction. For Eger, exposing the settlements and communities of the frontier constitutes a crucial gesture for understanding the interaction of two civilizations in a contested yet connected world. This work is thus vital for students of not only the medieval period and Byzantine and Islamic studies, but also for readers attempting to understand the ways in which frontiers and borders shape the construction of identity while functioning outside the traditionally understood state.

目次

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

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