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Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century: Volume 2, Part 2 (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine Studies) - Hardcover
Synopsis
This fourth and final installment of 'Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century' resumes the previous volume's discussion of the Ghassanids by examining their economic, social and cultural history.
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Review
Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century is devoted to frontier studies and to the structures of the Arab federates of Byzantium. It deals mainly with the Ghassanids of Oriens in the sixth century, a time of transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The focus of this study is on the military, religious, and civil structures of the Ghassanids. The detailed study of these buildings contributes to our understanding of Byzantine provincial art and architecture in Oriens, as they were adopted by the federate Arabs and later adapted to their own use. As monuments of Christian architecture, these federate structures constitute the missing link in the development of Arab architecture in the region-the link between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad).
of Arab architecture in the region-the link between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad).
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Shahid is Sultanate of Oman Professor of Arabic and Islamic Literature at Georgetown University.
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