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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Garth Fowden |
| ISBN: | 0691069891 : 9780691069890 |
| OCLC Number: | 27034803 |
| Description: | xvii, 205 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- 1. The world's two eyes: Iran, Rome, and the pursuit of world empire. The geographical focus ; Iran, the Greeks, and polytheist Rome ; Sasanian universalism -- 2. Polytheist Rome: toward cultural universalism within empire. Seeds of polytheist universalism ; Alexandria ; Rome ; The third century ; Julian and Helios-Mithras ; Universalism and Rome's identity -- 3. The fertile crescent: cultural universalism between and beyond empires. The Sabians of Harran ; Judaism ; Manichaeism ; Christianity -- 4. Constantine: Christian empire and crusade. Antecedents of Christian Rome ; Constantine's strategy ; Empire and Church ; Mission ; Iran -- 5. The First Byzantine Commonwealth: interactions of political and cultural universalism. The geographical focus ; Iberia and Armenia ; Southern Arabia and Ethiopia ; Nubia ; The Arabs ; Christians of Iran and beyond ; The politico-cultural entity -- 6. Islam: world empire, then commonwealth. The building of world empire ; Empire and religion ; The Islamic Commonwealth -- Epilogue. |
| Responsibility: | Garth Fowden. |
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