Yarmuk AD 636: The Muslim Conquest of Syria David Nicolle
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited

By 634 AD, Byzantine Palestine and Syria were being attacked. Apr 14, 2014 - Attention to the fundamental structures of Late Antique society, to its "morphology," will permit meaningful comparison in a chronological framework of what came before the Muslim conquest with what came after it. Upon his death, Mohammed's successor, Abu Bakr, planned to fulfill those instructions. Finally, Yarmuk is referred in a multitude of articles, books, studies and movies about the battle in Arabic and Muslim media and blogs. 635 Muslims besiege and conquer of Damascus. Apr 27, 2011 - 634 At the Battle of Yarmuk in Syria the Muslim Crusaders defeat the Byzantines. Kaegi: Byzantium and the early Islamic conquest, Cambridge, 1992 p. The Battle of Yarmouk in August 636 AD would see Eastern Roman forces beaten. Aug 14, 2013 - Shortly before he died in June 632 AD, Mohammed ordered Muslims to prepare to wage war against the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. Aug 16, 2013 - The year is 636 BCE or the 14th of Hegira. Jun 3, 2012 - David NICOLLE, Yarmuk AD 636. 636 Muslims defeat Byzantines decisively at Battle of Yarmuk. The forays Syria as well as Palestine, Egypt and North Africa at that time were part of the Byzantine Empire which has just come victorious out of a life and death struggle with Imperial Persia. The Muslim Conquest of Syria, Campaign 31, Osprey, 1994. The next essay, Chris Wickham's This essay meshes well with the archaeological evidence that Clive Foss assembled in "Syria in Transition, AD 550-750: An Archaeological Approach" (Dumbarton Oaks Papers 1997).