the arab muslim conquests continued hist 1007 9/13/13
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Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Events 629 – Battle of Mu’tah 30 July 634 – Battle of Ajnadayn 18 Sept. 634 – Conquest of Damascus Aug. 636 – Battle of Yarmouk Nov. 636 – Battle of Qadisiyyah April 637 – Conquest of Jerusalem Sept. 641 – Conquest of Alexandria 642 – Battle of Nahavand 651 – Death of Yazdigird IIITRANSCRIPT
The Arab Muslim Conquests Continued
HIST 10079/13/13
Arab-Muslim Conquests
Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Events• 629 – Battle of Mu’tah• 30 July 634 – Battle of Ajnadayn• 18 Sept. 634 – Conquest of Damascus• 15-20 Aug. 636 – Battle of Yarmouk• 16-19 Nov. 636 – Battle of Qadisiyyah• April 637 – Conquest of Jerusalem• Sept. 641 – Conquest of Alexandria• 642 – Battle of Nahavand• 651 – Death of Yazdigird III
Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key figures
• Khalid b. al-Walid, Sayf Allah al-Masluli (the Drawn Sword of God) (592-642)– Conquest of Damascus– Battle of Yarmouk– Conquest of Jerusalem– Dismissed by his cousin `Umar
Khalid b. Walid Mosque and the Syrian Civil War
Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Figures
• Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas (ca. 595-ca.674)– Battles of Qadisiyyah and Nahavand– Governor of Kufa– Candidate for Caliphate
Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Figures
• `Amr b. al-`As (592-664)– Conquest of Egypt– Founder of Fustat– Governor of Egypt
Battle of Qadisiyya
Saddam Qadisiyya
Arab Muslims and Non-Muslims
• Conquering Arabs were a minority in empire• No tradition of empire• Reliance on conquered peoples• Islam, taxes, or the sword• Amsar: Garrison cities• Keep Arabs from allure of Byzantine/Sasanian cities
Examples of Byzantine coin and Arab-Byzantine coin
2 Empires – 2 Bureaucracies – 2 Coinages
Solidus – Maurice Tiberius (r. 582-602)
Drachm –Yazdgard II (r. 438-457)
Arab – Byzantine & Arab - Sassanian
Byzantine vs. Arab Byzantine
What’s the difference?
Map Quiz
1. Put everything away except a writing utensil.2. Put your name on the quiz.3. The next slide will list ten geographic
features, locate them on the blank map and label them with either the location’s name or number from the list.
4. Don’t forget to put your name on the quiz.
Map Quiz
1. Constantinople2. Merv3. Fustat4. Baghdad5. Mecca6. Red Sea7. Oxus River8. Great Salt Desert9. Yemen10. Sind