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

The Battle of Yarmouk is regarded as one of the most decisive battles in military history, and it marked the first great wave of Islamic conquests after the death of Muhammad (PBUH) , heralding the rapid advance of Islam into the then Christian Levant. The Battle of Yarmouk in August 636 AD would see Eastern Roman forces beaten. Jan 1, 2014 - The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River, along what is today the border between Syria and Jordan, south-east of the Sea of Galilee. [Middle Eastern Instruments, including Ud and . Sep 29, 2013 - Go and read Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centurie by Paul Fregosi about the history of unprovoked Muslim invasions. €Jihad,” the Muslim holy war against Christians and others, has raged for 1,300 years . The Dome Yarmuk AD 636: The Muslim Conquest of Syria. Jul 15, 2013 - After the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637 CE, Umayyad Caliphs commissioned the construction of the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rockon the site. May 15, 2014 - In 616 Syria was subjugated for a brief period by the Persian Khosrau II; from 622 till 628 it was again Byzantine; 636 and the immediately following years saw its conquest by the Muslims in the Battle of Yarmuk. By 634 AD, Byzantine Palestine and Syria were being attacked. 1100, and they gradually lost them by AD 1300, mirroring the general development of Near-Eastern music which abandoned harmony in favor of melismatics.