Fisher G. Between Empires. Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity

Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. – 272 p. – (Monumenta Graeca et Romana; Vol. X).
ISBN 978-0-19-959927-1

CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Note
List of Maps
Introduction
Arabs and antiquity
Jafnid or Ghass?n: Arab elites
Rationale and background
Sources and methodological approach
Geography
Rome and the Sasanians
Aspects of Arab Christianisation in Late Antiquity
Introduction
Part One: Processes, consequences, and subtexts of Christianisation
Part Two: The Jafnids and Na?rids between the Romans and Sasanians
Conclusion
Empires, Clients, and Politics
Introduction
Arabs and empires
Arabs, the west, and the east
The ?ujrids and the Na?rids in Arabia and Mesopotamia
The Jafnids and Ghass?n
Damascus and ?aur?n
Settlement and sedentarisation?
Clients and allies
Conclusion: Between state and tribe
Arabic, Culture, and Ethnicity
Introduction
Language, communal membership, and identity: the problem
Old Arabic and ethnic identity
The Nabataean kingdom and Nem?ra
The sixth century
The oral tradition
Bedouin identities and the question of Ishmael
Conclusion
Between Empires: The Jafnids, the Na?rids, and Late Antiquity
Introduction
Rome and the Jafnids after
The Na?rids at the end of the sixth century
The economy and the Justinianic plague
Conclusion
The Jafnids and History in East and West
Introduction
The Jafnids and history in east and west
Late Antiquity and after
Conclusion
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature
Index