Power, Timothy,  1979- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-356) and index. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789774165443 9774165446 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Red Sea--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>930\  / P R