Interaction and Exchange Among Muslim and Christian Communities
by
A. Asa Eger
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The retreat of the Byzantine army from Syria in around 650 CE, in advance of the approaching Arab armies, is one that has resounded emphatically in the works of both Islamic and Christian writers, and created an enduring motif: that of the Islamic-Byzantine frontier. For centuries, Byzantine and Islamic...