Byzantium in Early Islamic Syria.

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189 pp. proceedings of a conference organized by the American Univerity of Beirut and the University of Balamand June 18-19,2007; footnotes, 21 colors illus.; copy new in mint condition. This publication contains the proceedings of a 2007 conference organized by the Center for Arab and Middle East Studies (CAMES) at the American University of Beirut and the Center for Antiochene Studies at the University of Balamand. It is divided into two parts comprising two respective chronological eras, reflecting the intention of the conference to pursue a dual and comparative focus with the hope of throwing fresh light on both eras – the early Islamic period, from the Islamic conquests of Syria until the fall of the Umayyad dynasty (632–750), and the period of Byzantine reconquest of Syria (969–1084)