HI101 Lecture : b Oct 28 - Persians
Document Summary
Byzantine position in 7th/8th centur (so it"s greek) By mid 8th century trying to occupy it. The conquest takes longer than anticipated because there were rebellions in north. Muslim conquerors may have just been living off booty. [in summary: arabs problematic, but most attention goes to spain] Take out spain, can take out rest of gov"t. Visigothic kingdom not entirely visigothic; may not have been loyal to visigoth rulers. Cities important to visigoths, building at this time when most others were not. [not a harsh conquest, could surrender at the right time to keep most of what you had] [conquest a source of money, don"t raid mountains, but raid southern gaul because accessible] Beaten very badly, but doesn"t get a lot of attention. [people may have been trying to blacken his reputation, or he took sides and caused his own demise] Charles martel and the battle of poitiers (732)