Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa

by Walter Emil Kaegi Jr.

Book Overview

Who 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won it and how? Walter Kaegi examines these perennial questions, with maps and on-site observations, in this exciting book. Persisting clouds of suspicion and blame overshadowed many Byzantine attempts to defend North Africa, as Byzantines failed to meet the multiple challenges from different directions which ultimately overwhelmed them. While the Muslims forcefully and permanently turned Byzantine internal dynastic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107636809
• ISBN13: 9781107636804
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"