Theophilus of Edessa's chronicle and the circulation of historical knowledge in late antiquity and early Islam
A reconstruction of the lost chronicle of Theophilus of Edessa (d.785). Covering 590-760, it describes such world-changing events as the last great war of antiquity between Byzantium and Iran, the Arab conquests, the establishment of a Muslim empire, and the revolution that saw the capital of this empire shift from Damascus to Baghdad.
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368 p. ill., térképek 22 cm
9781846316982, 1846316987
1014885047
Preface and AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionTranslation of Theophilus of Edessa's ChronicleAppendix 1: Unique Notices in Theophanes about Affairs in Syria and PalestineAppendix 2: The Common Source of Theophilus' Chronicle and Chron 819Appendix 3: The Missing Sections of Agapius from Ms Laurenziana Or 323GazetteerMaps1. The Near East in Late Antiquity2. Provinces of the Early Islamic Middle East3. Syro-Mesopotamia in the Sixth-Eighth CenturiesFigures1. Transmission to and from Theophilus of Edessa2. The Tribe of Quraysh3. The Umayyad CaliphsBibliographyIndex
"[Theophilus'] work is no longer extant, but it was cited extensively by a number of later historians and Robert Holyland has collected and translated all those citations"
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