Arab–Byzantine wars

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military conflict series of wars

The Arab–Byzantine wars were a series of protracted military conflicts between the early Islamic caliphates and the Byzantine Empire that shaped the political and religious landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East from the 7th to the 11th centuries.

Aliases (8)

Arab conquest ×1
Arab conquests of the 7th century ×1
Arab–Byzantine naval conflicts ×1
Arab–Byzantine relations ×1
Byzantine eastern frontier ×1
Byzantine–Umayyad wars ×1
First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678) ×1
early Arab–Byzantine wars ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict → series of wars →
conflictBetween	Abbasid Caliphate → Byzantine Empire → Rashidun Caliphate → Umayyad Caliphate →
describedBySource	Theophanes the Confessor → al-Tabari →
endTime	11th century →
followed	Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 →
hasPart	Arab–Byzantine naval conflicts → Battle of Ajnadayn → Battle of Akroinon → Battle of Lalakaon → Battle of Manzikert → Battle of Mu'tah → Battle of Qadisiyyah → Battle of Yarmouk → Battle of the Masts → First Arab siege of Constantinople → Muslim conquest of Egypt → Muslim conquest of Syria → Muslim conquest of the Levant → Second Arab siege of Constantinople → Siege of Damascus (634) → Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) →
locatedIn	Eastern Mediterranean → Near East →
opponent	Basil II → Constans II → Constantine IV → Harun al-Rashid → Heraclius → Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik → John I Tzimiskes → Leo III the Isaurian → Mu'awiya I → Nicephorus I → Nikephoros II Phokas → al-Walid I →
partOf	Arab–Byzantine relations →
religiousDimension	Christian–Muslim conflict →
resultedIn	Arab conquest of Egypt → Arab conquest of Syria → Arab–Byzantine cultural exchanges → Islamization of Egypt → Islamization of the Levant → frontier zone in Anatolia → loss of Byzantine territories in North Africa → loss of Byzantine territories in the Levant →
significance	shaped political landscape of Eastern Mediterranean → shaped religious landscape of Near East →
startTime	7th century →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Byzantine Empire → Constantine IV ("Byzantine–Umayyad wars") → Constantine VI → Muslim conquest of Egypt →	conflict
Arab–Byzantine wars ("Arab–Byzantine relations") → Muslim conquest of Egypt →	partOf
Early Middle Ages →	characterizedBy
Late Antiquity ("Arab conquests of the 7th century") →	hasMajorEvent
Arab–Byzantine wars ("Arab–Byzantine naval conflicts") →	hasPart
Heraclius ("early Arab–Byzantine wars") →	militaryConflict
Digenis Akritas ("Byzantine eastern frontier") →	setting
Byzantine navy ("First Arab siege of Constantinople (674–678)") →	significantEvent
Antioch ("Arab conquest") →	sufferedEvent