The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam <subTitle>From Jihad to Dhimmitude. Seventh-Twentieth Century</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Ye'or, Bat</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Fairleigh Dickinson</publisher> <dateIssued>1996</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>522tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In this study, Bat Ye’or gives an analysis of the dogma and strategies of jihad, offering a vast panorama of the history of the Jews and Christians under the rule of Islam. A pioneer in a virgin field of research for which she has coined the term “dhimmitude,” the author has included a documentary section illuminating the process of Eastern Christianity’s Islamization. In two waves of Islamic expansion, the Christian and Jewish populations of the Mediterranean regions and Mesopotamia, who had developed the most prestigious civilizations, were conquered by jihad. Millions of Christians from Spain, Egypt, Syria, Greece, and Armenia</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Bat Ye'or, Jacques Ellus, Miriam Kochan, David Littman</note> <subject> <topic>Islam -- Relations -- Christianity</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jewish-Arab relations</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">909.09</classification> <classification authority="ddc">Y46-B33</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0838636888</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16540/2a.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16540/2a.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2025-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071617.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>