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The Battle of Yarmouk: A Pivotal Moment in Islamic History
TLDR The Battle of Yarmouk in 636 between the early Islamic Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire shaped world history for the next 1400 years. Led by Khaled ibn Al-Walid, the Muslim forces emerged victorious, allowing for the expansion of the Caliphate and altering the course of history.
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The Battle of Yarmouk in 636 shaped world history for the next 1400 years.
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The Battle of Yarmouk was the first great decisive battle between the early Islamic Caliphate and the Christian Byzantine Empire in the early 7th century.
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In the first several decades of the 7th century, the Prophet Muhammad created a new state centered in the western Arabian city of Mecca, and from there, he and his followers managed to unite the Arabian Peninsula through a series of conquests and conversions, and then began to expand outward.
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The Muslim army, led by Khaled ibn Al-Walid, faced off against the Byzantine forces, led by an Armenian general named Vahan, near the Yarmouk River, with the Byzantines having a numerical advantage but facing issues with supplies and food.
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On the final day of the battle, Khaled ibn Al-Walid enacted his plan of attack, surrounding the Byzantine infantry on three sides and resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Byzantine soldiers, while the Islamic forces only lost a few thousand men.
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The Battle of Yarmouk was a pivotal event in world history, as if the Muslim forces had lost, the expansion of the Caliphate would have been halted and the course of history would have been radically different.
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