TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crawford, Peter,
TI  - The war of the three gods: Romans, Persians and the rise of Islam 
SN  - 9781848846128 (hbk.)  
AV  - DF574      .C73 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Barnsley, South Yorkshire
PB  - Pen & Sword Military
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - History
KW  - Heraclius, 610-641
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 527-1081
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-245) and index

N2  - 'The War of the Three Gods' is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century, with heavy focus on the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641). Peter Crawford skilfully narrates the three-way struggle between the Christian Roman, Zoroastrian Persian and Islamic Arab empires, a period peopled with fascinating characters, including Heraclius, Khusro II and the Prophet Muhammad himself. Many of the epic battles and sieges are described in as much detail as possible including Nineveh, Yarmuk, Qadisiyyah and Nahavand, Jerusalem and Constantinople

ER  -