Between Empires

An examination of the complex inter-relationships between the Roman and Sasanid Empires, and some of their Arab allies and neighbours, during the last century before the emergence of Islam. Greg Fisher stresses the importance of a Near East dominated by Rome and Iran for the formation of early concepts of Arab identity.

Greg Fisher is currently Assistant Professor of Greek and Roman Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he teaches courses on Rome and the barbarians, the Near East, and Roman imperial history.

1: Introduction
2: Aspects of Arab Christianization in Late Antiquity
3: Empires, Clients, and Politics
4: Arabic, Culture, and Ethnicity
5: Between Empires: the Jafnids, the Nasrids, and Late Antiquity
6: The Jafnids and History in East and West
Bibliography
Index