Muslim conquest of Syria
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The Rashidun Caliphate conquered Byzantine Syria between 634–638 CE as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars and the wider Muslim conquests.
Scene of the Roman Theatre at Palmyra, 2005.
The Monastery of the Temptation, built by the Byzantines in the 6th century over the cave where Jesus spent forty days fasting.
The Kaysan Gate, one of six gates of Damascus besieged by the commanders of the Muslim armies in Syria
The Roman road between the northern Syrian cities of Antioch and Qinnasrin, which the Muslims captured in c. 637
Battle of the Yarmuk
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The Battle of the Yarmuk was a major battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate near the Yarmouk River in Byzantine Syria that marked a crucial point in the Muslim conquest of Syri
Muslim conquest of Syria
…on the edge of the Golan, where most of the Byzantine troops were slain, though many Arab Christian auxiliaries had deserted by that point. The Muslim victory at the Yarmuk destroyed the main Byzantine army in Syria and ended the Byzantines' will to confront the Muslims on the field. It sealed Muslim gains in Palestine and…
Illustration of the Battle of Yarmuk by an anonymous Catalan illustrator (c. 1310 – 1325)
Across the ravines lies the battlefield of Yarmuk, about 8 miles away from here, in Jordan