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13 relations: Arab–Byzantine wars, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine navy, Constantinople, Henri Grégoire (historian), John Kaminiates, Leo of Tripoli, Levant, Madrid Skylitzes, Marius Canard, Saracen, Stanford, California, Thessaloniki.
Arab–Byzantine wars
The Arab–Byzantine wars were a series of wars between the mostly Arab Muslims and the East Roman or Byzantine Empire between the 7th and 11th centuries AD, started during the initial Muslim conquests under the expansionist Rashidun and Umayyad caliphs in the 7th century and continued by their successors until the mid-11th century.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).
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Byzantine navy
The Byzantine navy was the naval force of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis; Constantinopolis) was the capital city of the Roman/Byzantine Empire (330–1204 and 1261–1453), and also of the brief Latin (1204–1261), and the later Ottoman (1453–1923) empires.
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Henri Grégoire (historian)
Henri Grégoire (Huy, Belgium, 21 March 1881 – 28 September 1964, Brussels, Belgium) was an eminent scholar of the Byzantine Empire, virtually the founder of Byzantine studies in Belgium.
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John Kaminiates
John Kaminiates (Ιωάννης Καμινιάτης, fl. tenth century) was a Greek resident of Thessalonica when the city, then one of the largest in the Byzantine Empire, was besieged and sacked by a Saracen force led by Leo of Tripoli in 904.
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Leo of Tripoli
Leo of Tripoli (Λέων ὸ Τριπολίτης), known in Arabic as Rashīq al-Wardāmī (رشيق الوردامي), and Ghulām Zurāfa (غلام زرافة), was a Greek renegade and fleet commander for the Abbasid Caliphate in the early tenth century.
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Levant
The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Madrid Skylitzes
The Madrid Skylitzes is a richly illustrated illuminated manuscript of the Synopsis of Histories (Σύνοψις Ἱστοριῶν), by John Skylitzes, which covers the reigns of the Byzantine emperors from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 to the deposition of Michael VI in 1057.
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Marius Canard
Marius Canard (26 December 1888 in Dracy-Saint-Loup – September 1982 in Paris) was a French Orientalist and historian.
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Saracen
Saracen was a term widely used among Christian writers in Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Stanford, California
Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Clara County, California, United States and is the home of Stanford University.
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloníki), also familiarly known as Thessalonica, Salonica, or Salonika is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of Greek Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Thessalonica_(904)
