Late Antiquity on the Eve of Islam The Formation of the Classical Islamic World

includes index and biblioraphy

Explosion of Late Antiquity ..........1 The Other Transition : From the Ancient world to Feudalism ........25 The nika Riot: A reappraisal ..........59 The justinianic Plague Revisited .............87 The origins of the manorial Economy: New Insights from late Antiquity ...........109 Ruling the Late Roman and Early Byzantine city: A continuous History ........143 Syria in Transition, Ad 550-750: An Archaeological Approach ......171 Recruitment in Roman Armies from Justinian to Heraclius ..............277 Heraclius Persian Campaigns and the Revival of the East Roman Empire, 622-630...........341 John Moschus and his Friends sophronius the Sophist ...........385 Holy Images and Likeness..........419