{"product_id":"the-war-of-the-three-gods-romans-persians-and-the-rise-of-islam","title":"The War of the Three Gods: Romans  Persians  and the Rise of Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh centurywith its chief focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610641)a pivotal and dramatic time in world history. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to the very brink of extinction by the Sassanid Persians before Heraclius managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the Sassanids with a desperate  final gambit. His conquests were short-lived  however  for the newly converted adherents of Islam burst upon the region  administering the coup de grace to Sassanid power and laying siege to Constantinople itself  ushering in a new era.  Peter Crawford skillfully narrates the three-way struggle between the Christian Roman  Zoroastrian Persian  and Islamic Arab empires  a period of conflict peopled with fascinating characters  including Heraclius  Khusro II  and the Prophet Muhammad himself. Many of the epic battles of the periodNineveh  Yarmuk  Qadisiyyah and Nahavandand sieges such as those of Jerusalem and Constantinople are described in as rich detail. The strategies and tactics of these very different armies are discussed and analyzed  while plentiful maps allow the reader to follow the events and varying fortunes of the contending empires. This is an exciting and important study of a conflict that reshaped the map of the world.  Skyhorse Publishing  as well as our Arcade imprint  are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II  the Third Reich  Hitler and his henchmen  the JFK assassination  conspiracies  the American Civil War  the American Revolution  gladiators  Vikings  ancient Rome  medieval times  the old West  and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller  we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986327597109,"sku":"ByrdShop_1629145122","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781629145129.jpg?v=1770896173","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-war-of-the-three-gods-romans-persians-and-the-rise-of-islam","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}