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Between Empires: Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity

Between Empires: Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity

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In Between Empires Greg Fisher tackles the problem of pre-Islamic Arab identity by examining the relationship between the Roman Empire and the Empire of Sasanian Iran, and a selection of their Arab allies and neighbours, the Jafnids, Nasrids, and Hujrids. Fisher focuses on the last century
before the emergence of Islam and stresses the importance of a Near East dominated by Rome and Iran for the formation of early concepts of Arab identity. In particular, he examines cultural and religious integration, political activities, and the role played by Arabic as factors in this process. He
concludes that interface with the Roman Empire, in particular, played a key role in helping to lay the foundation for later concepts of Arab identity, and that the world of Late Antiquity is, as a result, of enduring interest in our understanding of what we now call the Middle East.


Author: Greg Fisher
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/18/2013
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780199679317

About the Author

Greg Fisher is Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he teaches courses on Rome and the barbarians, the Near East, and Roman imperial history.

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