TY - BOOK ID - 74530884 TI - The Red Sea from Byzantium to the Caliphate : AD 500-1000 AU - Power, Timothy AU - el Sehemy, Adam PY - 2012 SN - 9789774165443 9774165446 132215046X 1617973505 1617971375 1617975370 PB - Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, DB - UniCat KW - Red Sea KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74530884 AB - This book examines the historic process traditionally referred to as the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam from the perspective of the Red Sea, a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and a distinct region incorporating Africa with Arabia. ER -