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Posted at Sep 26/2006 01:30PM:
Bobby: ethnically Arab kings that controlled a land near Syria at the turn of the 7th century. Given authority from the emperor in Constantinople to take over land/tribes in Greek East.

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Ian's comments:

What was their relationship to the Muslim conquerors? What was their religious afiliation? Think about how they influenced the social structure of the newly conquered lands in terms of tribal and nomadic patterns.

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Posted at Oct 05/2006 12:03AM:
Brittany: Ghassanid tribe (loyal to the Byzantines) were rivals of the Lakhmids (loyal to Sassasians.) Their relationship to the Muslim conquerors was as placators between the tribes and the Greek centre, and through inter-tribal war they allowed the Empires to avoid all-out war. In their nomadic nature they posed a threat to the urban society of the civilized Greek East. They conquered the Lakhmids in the end of the 7th century which meant area of former Sassasanian control in the Arab Peninsula became tribal/nomadic land. The Ghassanids practice of tribal humanism also created problems regarding how to delegate authority to them (in lieu of their increasing power.)