Rome, Persia, and Arabia : shaping the Middle East from Pompey to Muhammad

1. Verfasser: Fisher, Greg 1976- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2020.
Umfang/Format: x, 247 pages : illustrations. ; 23 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Inhaltsverzeichnis: Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note to the Reader
  • 1 Writing the History of (the) Pre-Islamic Arabs
  • Introduction
  • Arabs and Arabias
  • Tribes and states
  • Sources of information
  • Graeco-Roman and Syriac literary sources
  • Literary texts written in the Parthian and Sasanian empires
  • Inscriptions and archaeological sources
  • Muslim literary texts
  • Germans and Arabs
  • Notes
  • 2 Between Rome and Parthia
  • Introduction
  • Arab raiders, Arab nomads, and Arab kingdoms: an overview
  • Arab scenitae, Arab raiders
  • Arab townspeople from Emesa to Characene
  • Arabs and the end of the Roman Republic
  • Augustus and the Arabian Peninsula
  • From Augustus to Severus
  • The creation of the Province of Arabia
  • Trajan in the east
  • The Parthian wars of Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 3 Enemies, allies, and pretenders, ad 211-500
  • Introduction
  • Rome and Persia
  • Monotheism and empire
  • The end of Hatra, Sasanians in Oman, and Himyarites in Arabia Deserta
  • Mara al-Qays: a late antique king at the edge of the Roman empire
  • 'So much for this dangerous tribe'
  • The revolt of Mavia
  • Religious communities
  • Al-Hira
  • Towards the sixth century: Kinda, Mudar, and Maadd
  • Notes
  • 4 Arab statesmen in the sixth century
  • Introduction
  • The idea of the 'super-phylarchate'
  • Before al-Harith, 500-528
  • Aksum and Himyar: Najran, 523
  • Al-Harith and Alamoundaros
  • Abraha
  • The death of Alamoundaros and the treaty of 561/2
  • Al-Mundhir: statesman and warrior
  • Al-Numan and the collapse of the Arab dynasty at al-Hira
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 5 Legacy
  • Introduction
  • Measuring legacies
  • Early Islam and late antiquity
  • Was there such a thing as 'Arab identity' in late antiquity?

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