Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments vii
List of Maps ix
List of Illustrations xi
Key to Maps xii
Chronology of Byzantine and Islamic History from Justinian to the First Crusade xiii
Introduction: Byzantium, Islam and Catholic Europe - The Battle of Manzikert as Historical Nexus 1
The Battle of Manzikert in Modem History
The Battle of Manzikert Revisited
A Note on Transliterations
Chapter 1 Byzantine Warfare from Justinian to Herakleios 6
Justinian's Wars and the Early Byzantine Army
Tug-of-war in the East and the Battle of Dara
The North African Campaign and the Battle of Tricameron
The Gothic War in Italy and the Battles of Taginae and Casilinus River
Strategic Challenges in the East in the Late Sixth and Seventh Centuries
Chapter 2 Islamic Warfare from Muhammad to the Rashidun Caliphate 32
Muhammad and the Rise of Islam 32
Islam's First Battles: Badr, Uhud and the Ditch
Rise of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Riddah War
Islamic Expansion in Syria and the Challenge of Byzantium and Persia
The Battle ofYarmuk River and the Muslim Conquest of Syria
The Battle of al-Qadisiya and the Conquest of Persia
Civil War and the Sunni-Shia Split
Chapter 3 Byzantine Warfare in an Age of Crisis and Recovery 67'Enemy at the Gates': The Arab Sieges of Constantinople
The Byzantine Army in Transistion in the Wake of the Islamic Conquests
Crisis on the Northern Frontier: The Early Bulgar Wars
Byzantium Resurgent: Military Reforms and Tenth Century Territorial Expansion
The Rise of the Rus and the Battle of Dorostolon, 971
Varangians, Bulgars and the Wars of Basil II? The 'Bulgar-Slayer'
Chapter 4 Islamic Warfare from the Umayyads to the Coming of the Seljuk Turks 98
The Expansion o/Dar al-Islam Under the Umayyads, 661?750
The Muslim Invasion of Catholic Europe and the Battle of Tours, 732
Changes in Islamic Warfare in the Late Umayyad and Early Abbasid Caliphates
Warriors from the Steppes: The Coming of the Turkic Peoples
Into the Dar al-Islam: The Conversion and Rise of the Seljuk Turks
Storm from the Steppes: The Seljuk Art of War
Chapter 5 Byzantine and Seljuk Campaigns in Anatolia and the Battle of Manzikert 120
Problems with Byzantine Military Structures and Strategy in the Eleventh Century
Seljuk Raiding in Armenia and Eastern Anatolia, 1048-1063
The 'Valiant Lion' Roars: The Rise of Alp Arslan and the Seljuk Raids, 1064?1068
Romanics IV Diogenes and his Early Campaigns, 1068-1070
Byzantine and Seljuk Movements in Early 1071
Preamble to Battle and Locating the Battlefield
The Battle of Manzikert
Debacle at Manzikert: Romanus' Political and Military Failures
Conclusion: In Manzikert's Wake -The Seljuk Invasion of Anatolia and the Origins of the Levantine Crusades 154
The Deaths of Romanus IV Diogenes and Alp Arslan
The Byzantine Civil War and the Rise of the Sultanate of Rum
Alexios I Komnenos and the Origins of the Levantne Crusades
Notes 165
Glossary of Important Personalities 183
Glossary of Military Terms 191
Select Bibliography 197
Index 200
