One of the best sites on the Internet -- a major resource for anyone interested in classical cultures. (
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/index.html
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A Website by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America. It presents arguments for Orthodox Christianity, but in doing so also presents a large amount of high quality information about the Byzantine Empire. (
http://www.goarch.org/access/orthodoxy/
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Online Articles -- Open Access [Anyone can access these resources from any Web browser]
Rome's Desert Frontier. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1990), Chapter One: Physical and Human Geography, pp. 24. ff (
http:/www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/ken.html
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The Formation of Islamic Art,(New Haven: Yale Univ Press, 19??), pp. 43- 71,.Chap. 3 "The Symbolic Appropriation of the Land" (
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/grabar1.html
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The Early Islamic Conquests,(Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 1981), pp.251 ff - Chapter VI. "Conclusions: 1. Tribe and State in Arabia: Second Essay" (
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/donner.html
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