The Archaeology of Medieval Islamic Frontiers demonstrates that different areas of the Islamic polity previously understood as “minor frontiers” were, in fact, of substantial importance to
The retreat of the Byzantine army from Syria in around 650 CE, in advance of the approaching Arab armies, is one that has resounded emphatically in the works of both Islamic and Christian writers, and
Tel Tanninim, Crocodiles Mound, is the modern Hebrew name for the Arabic site Tell el-Melat, Mortar Mound, on the east coast of the Mediterranean about 4.25 kilometers north of Caesarea. Stieglitz and
