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Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam: History and Prophecy

Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam: History and Prophecy

Heilo, Olof

Hardcover

Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

IslamGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138101389
ISBN13: 9781138101388
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 3 2015
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

It is by way of this concept that Olof Heilo presents the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire as a key to understanding the rise of Islam; two historical processes often perceived as distinct from one another. Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam highlights significant convergences between Early Islam and the Late Ancient world. It suggests that Islam's rise is a feature of a common process during which tensions between imperial ambitions and apocalyptic beliefs in Europe and the Middle East cut straight across today's theological and political definitions. The conquests of Islam, the emergence of the caliphate, and the transformation of the Roman and Christian world are approached from both prophetic anticipations in the Ancient and Late Ancient world, and from the Medieval and Modern receptions of history. In the shadow of their narratives it becomes possible to trace the outline of a shared history of Christianity and Islam. The Dark Ages thus emerge not merely as a tale of sound and fury, but as an era of openness, diversity and unexpected possibilities.

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