Download or read book Arab-Byzantine Relations in Early Islamic Times written by Michael Bonner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrounded on all sides by hostile nations and peoples, Islam began life as a religion in a wary manner. This collection begins and ends with war and considers the uneasy relationship between the Arabs and the Byzantine civilization from which they learned a great deal during uneasy periods of peace.