After more than a century of neglect, a profound revolution is occurring in the way archaeology addresses and interprets developments in the social history of e

This book narrates the battles, conquests and diplomatic activities of the early Muslim fighters in Syria and Iraq vis-à-vis their Byzantine and Sasansian coun

This volume contains papers from the Third Woodbrooke-Mingana Symposium on Arab Christianity and Islam (September 1998) on the theme of "Arab Christianity in Bi

Before it fell to Muslim armies in AD 635-6 Damascus had a long and prestigious history as a center of Christianity. How did this city, which became the capitol

This book investigates the Muslim castles of greater Syria from c.700 to c.1700 from archaeological and historical perspectives.