Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Box Text vii
4. Illustrations viii
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Note on Dates, Transliteration and Names xiii
7. Acknowledgements xiv
8. Introduction 1
9. PART I THE FORMATION OF THE UMAYYAD EMPIRE
10. Part I Introduction 29
11. 1 The Origins of Arabian Empire 31
12. 2 The Seventh-century ‘World Crisis’ 47
13. 3 The ‘Conquest Society’ and the Defeat of Rome and Iran 64
14. 4 The Emergence of the Umayyad Empire 78
15. 5 The Succession to Mu‘awiya and the Second Civil War 101
16. PART II THE MARWANID UMAYYAD EMPIRE, 692–750
17. Part II Introduction 119
18. 6 The Imperial Marwanid Caliphate 127
19. 7 The Siege of Constantinople and the Short Caliphates of Sulayman, ‘Umar II and Yazid II 162
20. 8 Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik: Renewal and Defeat 176
21. 9 The Collapse of Umayyad Power 192
22. PART III ECOLOGY, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN UMAYYAD TIMES
23. Part III Introduction 211
24. 10 Resources, Settlement Patterns and Commerce 213
25. 11 Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews and Others in the Umayyad Empire 257
26. 12 The Provinces, Government and Taxation 294
27. Afterword 328
28. Bibliography 332
29. Index 360