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The Last Great War of Antiquity

By: James Howard-Johnston

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The Last Great War of Antiquity

By: James Howard-Johnston

The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the available resources and great powers of the steppe world. The conflict raged on an unprecedented scale, and its end brought the classical phase of history to a close. Despite all this, it has left a conspicuous gap in the history of warfare. This book aims to finally fill that gap. The war opened in summer 603 when Persian armies launched co-ordinated attacks across the Roman frontier. Twenty-five years later the fighting stopped after the final, forlorn counteroffensive thrusts of the Emperor Heraclius into the Persians' Mesopotamian heartland. James Howard-Johnston pieces together the scattered and fragmentary evidence of this period to form a coherent story of the dramatic events, as well as an introduction to key players-Turks, Arabs, and Avars, as well as Persians and Romans- and a tour of the vast lands over which the fighting took place. The decisions and actions of individuals-particularly Heraclius, a general of rare talent-and the various immaterial factors affecting morale take centre stage, yet due attention is also given to the underlying structures in both belligerent empires and to the Middle East under Persian occupation in the 620s. The result is a solidly founded, critical history of a conflict of immense significance in the final episode of classical history.

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Oxford University Press

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0192565893

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Byzantium

Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100

By: James Howard-Johnston

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Byzantium

Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100

By: James Howard-Johnston

Byzantium was a strange entity--a relic of classical antiquity which survived deep into the Middle Ages. Drawing on a lifetime's work in the field of Byzantine studies, James Howard-Johnston aims to explain Byzantium's longevity, first as a state geared to fighting a two-centuries long guerrilla war of defence, then as an increasingly confident regional power. It is only by analysing its economic, social, and institutional structures that this strange medieval afterlife of the rump of the Roman empire can be understood. This collection of linked essays outlines the fundamental features of Byzantium, with a focus on the seventh to eleventh centuries. The essays delve below the agitated surface of political, religious, and intellectual history to home in on (1) alterations in economic conditions; and (2) structural change in the social order and apparatus of government. The economic foundations of society and state are examined over the long term, with emphasis placed on mercantile enterprise throughout. Howard-Johnston identifies warfare as the prime driver of social and institutional change in a first phase (seventh to eighth centuries), when the peasant villager rose to a dominant position in the collective mindset and the administration was centralised and militarised as never before. A second phase of change is then highlighted, after the mid-ninth century when Byzantium's security was assured. Military and administrative arrangements were adapted as the empire expanded. The service aristocracy which had developed in the dark centuries began to assert itself to the detriment of the peasantry, but was, Howard-Johnston argues, countered reasonably effectively by new legislation. There was a renaissance in cultural life, most marked in the intellectual sphere in the eleventh century. Finally, the sharp decline in Byzantium's military fortunes from the mid-eleventh century is attributed to external factors rather than internal weakness.

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Oxford University Press

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0198897936

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9780198897934

East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the End of Antiquity

Historiographical and Historical Studies

By: James Howard-Johnston

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East Rome, Sasanian Persia and the End of Antiquity

Historiographical and Historical Studies

By: James Howard-Johnston

The last, longest and most damaging of the wars fought between East Rome and Sasanian Persia (603-628) brought the classical phase of west Eurasian history to a dramatic close. Despite its evident significance, not least as the distant setting for Muhammad's prophetic mission, this last great war of antiquity attracted comparatively little scholarly attention until the last decades of the twentieth century. James Howard-Johnston's contributions to the subject, most of which were published in out-of-the-way places (one, that on al-Tabari, is printed for the first time), are brought together in convenient form in this volume. They strive to root history in close observation of landscape and monuments as well as careful analysis of texts. They explore the evolving balance of power between the two empires, look at events through Roman, Armenian and Arab eyes, and home in on the climax of the final conflict in the 620s.

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Taylor & Francis

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104025070X

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9781040250709

Witnesses to a World Crisis

Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century

By: James Howard-Johnston

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Witnesses to a World Crisis

Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century

By: James Howard-Johnston

annual pagan pilgrimage with all its traditional rites into the new religion, is identified as a key moment in world history, in that it released the new faith from confinement in Medina and allowed it to spread within Arabia and beyond. --

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610

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Oxford University Press

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019920859X

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9780199208593

The Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity

The Arabian Conquests in Comparative Perspective

By: James Moreton Wakeley

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The Two Falls of Rome in Late Antiquity

The Arabian Conquests in Comparative Perspective

By: James Moreton Wakeley

This book offers a radical perspective on what are conventionally called the Islamic Conquests of the seventh century. Placing these earthshattering events firmly in the context of Late Antiquity, it argues that many of the men remembered as the fanatical agents of Muḥammad probably did not know who the prophet was and had, in fact, previously fought for Rome or Persia. The book applies to the study of the collapse of the Roman Near East techniques taken from the historiography of the fall of the Roman West. Through a comparative analysis of medieval Arabic and European sources combined with insights from frontier studies, it argues that the two falls of Rome involved processes far more similar than traditionally thought. It presents a fresh approach to the century that witnessed the end of the ancient world, appealing to students of Roman and medieval history, Islamic Studies, and advanced scholars alike.

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Springer

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331969796X

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Witnesses to a World Crisis

Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century

By: James Howard-Johnston

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Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century

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Oxford University Press

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Use That Computer!

Teacher's Guide for Classroom Success

By: Lacinda Johnston,J. Howard Johnston,Lucinda L. Johnston,James Forde

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Use That Computer!

Teacher's Guide for Classroom Success

By: Lacinda Johnston,J. Howard Johnston,Lucinda L. Johnston,James Forde

This reference takes readers through the essential components of making a classroom computer an invaluable tool for teachers and students. Topics include managing classroom information, standards-based curriculum and instruction, traveling safely on the information highway, and professional development.

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148

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Incentive Publications

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0865304785

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Teaching Elementary Social Studies

What Every Teacher Should Know

By: James A. Duplass

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Teaching Elementary Social Studies

What Every Teacher Should Know

By: James A. Duplass

Interactive textbook designed as a combination textbook and workbook.

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061824204X

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Encyclopedia of Education

By: James W. Guthrie

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Encyclopedia of Education

By: James W. Guthrie

This fully-revised second edition offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles and philosophies found in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features include 121 biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text primary source documents including education related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

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MacMillan Reference Library

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002865594X

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9780028655949

ABC Civil Aircraft Markings 2001

By: Alan James Wright

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ABC Civil Aircraft Markings 2001

By: Alan James Wright

Covers the whole civil aviation scene regarding aircraft registered in Britain, as well as those overseas airliners likely to be seen in British skies.

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0711027811

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9780711027817

Byzantium

Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100

By: James Howard-Johnston

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Byzantium

Economy, Society, Institutions 600-1100

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