The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate : AD 500-1000 /
Power, Timothy, 1979-
The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate : AD 500-1000 / Timothy Power. - Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2012. - xiv, 363 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-356) and index.
"This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incorporating Africa with Arabia"--Dust jacket flap.
9789774165443 9774165446
Red Sea--History.
930\ / P R
The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate : AD 500-1000 / Timothy Power. - Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2012. - xiv, 363 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-356) and index.
"This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incorporating Africa with Arabia"--Dust jacket flap.
9789774165443 9774165446
Red Sea--History.
930\ / P R
