Title: BYZANTINE AND EARLY ISLAMIC NEAR EAST
Description: The main themes in these papers are transition from the world of late antiquity to Islam in a greater Syria which includes modern Lebanon, Palestine/Israel, part of southern Turkey and the modern Syrian Arab Republic, relations between Muslim and Byzantine worlds, and the early development of administrative systems of Islamic state.
Subjects: Christianity and other religions, islam, Islam, relations, christianity, Byzantine empire, Islamic empire, Syria, history, Iraq, history, Relations, History, Christianity and other religions, Islam, Christianity