{"product_id":"muslim-expansion-and-byzantine-collapse-in-north-africa-9781107636804","title":"Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won and how? Walter Kaegi examines these perennial questions, with maps and on-site observations, in this exciting book. An impartial comparative framework helps to sort through identity politics, 'Orientalism' charges and counter-charges, and institutional controversies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… Kaegi has produced an interesting and learned book. He clearly knows the range of surviving literary, numismatic, epigraphic and archeological sources extremely well …' Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Challenges of the subject and the sources; 2. Historiographical hurdles; 3. Fragmented geographical and logistical realities; 4. Christian contexts in seventh-century North Africa; 5. The military heritage of Heraclius on the eve of Muslim military operations; 6. The shock of Sbeitla; 7. Options for offensives and resistance; 8. The riddle of Constans II; 9. Muslim interests, calculations, and leadership; 10. The shift to tribal resistance; 11. The fall of Carthage and its aftermath; 12. The failures of two cities of Constantine.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019394449751,"sku":"9781107636804","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107636804.jpg?v=1750780134","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/muslim-expansion-and-byzantine-collapse-in-north-africa-9781107636804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}