Readings: Byzantium and Islam

1. Procopius, on the Hagia Sophia, from De Aedificiis (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
2. Procopius, On Justinian, from Secret History (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
3. Selections from the Koran
4. Ibn Abd-el-Hakem, History of the Conquest of Spain (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)

Internet Resources

• Byzantine History
• Byzantine Studies Page
  ( Paul Halsall, Fordham University)
• Islamic Architecture from Isfahan