Saracen
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The term "Saracen" was commonly used in medieval Europe to refer to a person who lived in or near what the ancient Romans knew as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. Its original meaning in Greek and L
Use of saracene in Catholic narrative: Ceiling of church painting with the name "Attacco delle navi saracene", by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1822–27.
Maugis fighting the Saracen Noiron in Aigremont, in Renaud de Montauban. David Aubert, Bruges, 1462–1470.
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.
Saracen
…Saracens" in association with Muslims is the Greek-language Christian tract Doctrina Jacobi, which was compiled in the Byzantine Empire amidst the Muslim conquest of the Levant. The word became particularly widespread in European societies during the Crusades, when it was used by the Catholic Church and by several European…
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