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Index
Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Chronology of Byzantine and Islamic History from Justinian to the First Crusade Introduction: Byzantium, Islam and Catholic Europe–The Battle of Manzikert as Historical Nexus Chapter 1 - Byzantine Warfare from Justinian to Herakleios
Justinian’s Wars and the Early Byzantine Army Tug-of-war in the East and the Battle of Dara The North African Campaign and the Battle of Tricameron The Gothic War in Italy and the Battles of Taginae and Casilinus River Strategic Challenges in the East in the Late Sixth and Early Seventh Centuries
Chapter 2 - Islamic Warfare from Muhammad to the Rashidun Caliphate
Muhammad and the Rise of Islam Islam’s First Battles: Badr, Uhud and the Ditch Rise of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Riddah War Islamic Expansion in Syria and the Challenge of Byzantium and Persia The Battle of Yarmuk River and the Muslim Conquest of Syria The Battle of al-Qadisiya and the Conquest of Persia Civil War and the Sunni-Shia Split
Chapter 3 - Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery
‘Enemy at the Gates’: The Arab Sieges of Constantinople Crisis on the Northern Frontier: The Early Bulgar Wars Byzantium Resurgent: Military Reforms and Tenth Century Territorial Expansion The Rise of the Rus and the Battle of Dorostolon, 971 Varangians, Bulgars and the Wars of Basil II–‘The Bulgar-slayer’
Chapter 4 - Islamic Warfare from the Umayyads to the Coming of the Seljuk Turks
The Expansion of Dar al-Islam under the Umayyads, 661–750 The Muslim Invasion of Catholic Europe and the Battle of Tours, 732 Changes in Islamic Warfare in the Late Umayyad and Early Abbasid Caliphates Warriors from the Steppes: The Coming of the Turkic Peoples Into the Dar al-Islam: The Conversion and Rise of the Seljuk Turks Storm from the Steppes: The Seljuk Art of War
Chapter 5 - Byzantine and Seljuk Campaigns in Anatolia and the Battle of Manzikert
Problems with Byzantine Military Structures and Strategy in the Eleventh Century Seljuk Raiding in Armenia and Eastern Anatolia, 1048–1063 The ‘Valiant Lion’ Roars: The Rise of Alp Arslan and the Seljuk Raids, 1064–1068 Romanus IV Diogenes and his Early Campaigns, 1068–1070 Byzantine and Seljuk Movements in Early 1071 Preamble to Battle and Locating the Battlefield The Battle of Manzikert Debacle at Manzikert: Romanus’ Political and Military Failures
Conclusion - In Manzikert’s Wake–The Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia and the Origins of the Levantine Crusades Notes Glossary of Important Personalities Glossary of Military Terms Select Bibliography Index
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