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020			_a9781848846128 (hbk.)
020			_a1848846126 (hbk.)
050			_aDF574 _b.C73 2013
100			_aCrawford, Peter,
245			_aThe war of the three gods : _bRomans, Persians and the rise of Islam / _cPeter Crawford
260			_aBarnsley, South Yorkshire : _bPen & Sword Military, _c2013.
300			_axiv, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c24cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [239]-245) and index
520			_a'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
651			_eByzantine Empire _xHistory _yHeraclius, 610-641
651			_eByzantine Empire _xHistory, Military _y527-1081
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