Part I. The formation of the Umayyad empire: Introduction ; The origins of Arabian empire ; The seventh-century 'world crisis' ; The 'conquest society' and the defeat of Rome and Iran ; The emergence of the Umayyad empire ; The succession to Muʻawiya and the second civil war
Part II. The Marwanid Umayyad empire, 692-750: Introduction ; The imperial Marwanid caliphate ; The siege of Constantinople and the short caliphates of Sulayman, ʻUmar II and Yazid II ; Hisham b. ʻAbd al-Malik: renewal and defeat ; The collapse of Umayyad power
Part III. Ecology, economy and society in Umayyad times: Introduction ; Resources, settlement patterns and commerce ; Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews and others in the Umayyad empire ; The provinces, government and taxation
