The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates Revision Notes

1. army – its size and effectiveness for the defense of the eastern borders (0.2 Pages)
2. Birth of the Islamic State (1.6 Pages)
3. Byzantine authority and the nomads – divergent views (0.1 Pages)
4. Byzantine reliance on arab military resistance (0.2 Pages)
5. Byzantium and the early islamic conquests (1.4 Pages)
6. Caliphate of ali – 656 – 661 (1.1 Pages)
7. Conquest and division in the time of the rashidun caliphs (1.6 Pages)
8. Difficulty in devising defence for Syria (0.4 Pages)
9. Elements of Failure and Endurance (4.9 Pages)
10. End of the Ancient Economy (1.6 Pages)
11. Foundation of the marwand caliphate and the achievemnet of ‘abd al-malik (1.5 Pages)
12. Islamic conquests (3.3 Pages)
13. Limitations defense-in-depth strategy (0.6 Pages)
14. Military leadership of heraclius (0.1 Pages)
15. relevance of recent war with persia (0.7 Pages)
16. Richard n. frye – arab conquests in iran (0.2 Pages)
17. State of strategy and warfare (0.2 Pages)
18. The matric of the muslim world: (3.3 Pages)
19. The umayyad caliphate (1.1 Pages)
20. Umar and the early islamic conquests – 634 – 644 (6.6 Pages)
21. Whittow – making of byzantium (0.9 Pages)