The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9789774165443
Description: "This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incorporating Africa with Arabia"--Dust jacket flap.