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Who 'lost' Christian North Africa? Who won it and how? Walter Kaegi takes a fresh look at these perennial questions, with maps and on-site observations, in this exciting new book. Persisting clouds of suspicion and blame overshadowed many Byzantine attempts to defend North Africa, as Byzantines failed to meet the multiple challenges from different directions which ultimately overwhelmed them. While the Muslims forcefully and permanently turned Byzantine internal dynastic and religious problems and military unrest to their advantage, they brought their own strengths to a dynamic process that would take a long time to complete - the transformation of North Africa. An impartial comparative framework helps to sort through identity politics, 'Orientalism' charges and counter-charges, and institutional controversies; this book also includes a new study of the decisive battle of Sbeitla in 647, helping readers to understand what befell Byzantium, and indeed empires from Rome to the present.
- Sales Rank: #3359331 in Books
- Published on: 2010-11-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.98" h x .83" w x 5.98" l, 1.58 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 366 pages
Review
"...Kaegi's account is closely argued, thoughtful, nuanced, careful, and judicious." -Michael G. Morony, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"...this is a clearly written, generously illustrated, and well-produced volume. It is to be warmly recommended." -A. H. Merrills, Journal of the American Oriental Society
About the Author
Walter E. Kaegi is Professor of History at the University of Chicago where he has been teaching Byzantine, late antique, early Islamic and military history since 1965. He is the co-founder of the Byzantine Studies Conference and the president of the US National Committee for Byzantine Studies. Previous books include Army, Society and Religion in Byzantium (1982), Some Thoughts on Byzantine Military Strategy (1983), Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests (Cambridge, 1992) and Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium (Cambridge, 2003).
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
The Little Known Muslim Conquest of Byzantine Africa
By JPS
First posted on Amazon.co.uk on 10 February 2012
This recently published book by Walter Kaegi attempts to piece together and explain the main events of the little known fall of Byzantine Africa to the Muslims. By and large, it is satisfactory, interesting and, at times, fascinating. Unlike the eastern provinces of the Empire, the conquest of Byzantine Africa took place over a period of more than 50 years. Understanding who lost North Africa and how was it lost is the purpose fo the book.
For both the Byzantines and the Arab Caliphs, North Africa was a secondary front. It clearly did not have the same priority as Asia Minor, Armenia or even Italy for the Empire and probably received reinforcements and financial resources only when these could be spared from the other fronts. It is even likely that both soldiers and taxes may have been drawn from the Exarchate to support these fronts, so that both the local population and the landowners developed a distrust for Constantinople that brook out into a major rebellion headed by their exarch Gregorios. It is this exarch with his troops, those of the major landowners and "Numidian" and "Moorish" horsemen who were severely defeated in 647 by one the first Arab attacks, with the rebellious Exarch being killed in battle. After that, coordinated and centralized defense seems to have broken down according to Kaegi, although local defense inflicted major setbacks on Muslim invaders on at least two occasions, including the episode of the semi-legendary Kahina. Little by little, the Muslims, who were intially relatively few in numbers and cocentrated on raids, overran the country. Carthage fell in 695 (and then again, and finally, in 697 after a failed Byzantine attempt to recover the city). However, local resistance continued with the Kahina until 698 or 703 (when she was killed) and may have continued sporadically after for another few years.
Kaegi does a great job in telling the story of the Byzantine demise in North Africa. One of his main qualities is to place it in the broader context of the struggle between the Byzantine Empire and the Caliphs, with remissions in the attacks on Africa corresponding, for instance, to the periods of civil war within the Caliphate rather than being attributable to any Byzantine success in North Africa.
There are however a few problems with this book. One is that, despite Kaegi's efforts, the sources are limited. At times, we have very little or no information. This is the case for the period between 647 (the death in battle of the Exarch Gregorios) and 669 (the assassination of the Emperor Constant II). To address this, the book explains the historical context at length, with a full chapter on Constant's reign and all of its historiographical issues. You almost get the impression that author is "padding" because of the paucity of the sources.
Another issue is the author's tendancy to repeat himself, a tendancy that goes well beyond simply summarizing whatever point he has made. So the same story gets sometimes told in different chapters and in a (sometimes only slightly) different context. At times, this can be a bit annoying and it certainly damages the flow of the story.
All in all, and despite it being very interesting, in particular when Kaegi compares and contrasts the fall of Africa with the resilience in Asia Minor, I was a bit disappointed by the book. To a large extent, this is because there is not very much to tell to begin with because the sources are sparse.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Superb companion piece with Prof. Kaegi's other works on ...
By Troubadour
Superb companion piece with Prof.Kaegi's other works on the period. He really virtually then only histoprian who writes avbout this period with knowledge and clarity, from a mostly Byzantine point of view.
This book should be read in conjunction with his other works:
Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests
Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
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