HI101 Lecture Notes - Sogdia, Syriac Language, Persian Empire
Document Summary
Empire of the east: byzantium and persia"s long war. What consequences did it have for both empires and the frontier culture between them. Want access to caspian sea / passage across caucasus(6th century) Treaty (whoever wins the most territory gets more tribute) Coexistence harder now, persia thinks empire trying to stab it in the back. He tried to rule, but fled to maurice (who helped him regain power) 591 appears at st. sergius at resafa (propaganda, seems like convert to christianity) Usurps the persian throne, obtaining the throne again. Murders maurice (loss of face for khusro ii if does nothing about it) Bad relations between him and byzantine for a long time. Slavs and avars, (avars huns little brothers on northern borders, territory lost) Take the empire"s taxation system revenues, don"t destroy it. Reach out to avars to get foothold on constantinople, and going to help persians cross. Avars nomads, but cant deal well with fortifications.
