Fisher G. Between Empires. Arabs, Romans, and Sasanians in Late Antiquity

Oxford - New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. – 272 p. – (Monumenta Graeca et Romana; Vol. X).
ISBN 978-0-19-959927-1Abbreviations
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List of MapsArabs and antiquity
Jafnid or Ghassān: Arab elites
Rationale and background
Sources and methodological approach
Geography
Rome and the Sasanians
Aspects of Arab Christianisation in Late AntiquityPart One: Processes, consequences, and subtexts of Christianisation
Part Two: The Jafnids and Naṣrids between the Romans and SasaniansEmpires, Clients, and PoliticsArabs and empires
Arabs, the west, and the east
The Ḥujrids and the Naṣrids in Arabia and Mesopotamia
The Jafnids and Ghassān
Damascus and Ḥaurān
Settlement and sedentarisation?
Clients and allies
Conclusion: Between state and tribe
Arabic, Culture, and EthnicityLanguage, communal membership, and identity: the problem
Old Arabic and ethnic identity
The Nabataean kingdom and Nemāra
The sixth century
The oral tradition
Bedouin identities and the question of IshmaelBetween Empires: The Jafnids, the Naṣrids, and Late AntiquityRome and the Jafnids after
The Naṣrids at the end of the sixth century
The economy and the Justinianic plagueThe Jafnids and History in East and WestThe Jafnids and history in east and west
Late Antiquity and afterAbbreviations
Primary Sources
Secondary Literature