international affairs, politics, history
This will be short, since there’s very little to say about the Arab conquest of Syria after the Battle of Yarmouk in 636 decisively broke the Byzantine army in that region. But Antioch was one of the great cities of the eastern Roman Empire, and its conquest by the Arabs was significant, if anticlimactic. The … Continue reading Today in Middle Eastern history: Antioch surrenders to the Arabs (637)
So many things happened on October 30 that relate to this blog’s usual material that it would be impossible to pick just one to talk about. I’ve written about a few of them, and instead of reposting all of the I thought we could group them into one post. Source: Today in history: a lot … Continue reading Today in history: a lot of stuff
So many things happened on October 30 that relate to this blog's usual material that it would be impossible to pick just one to talk about. Last year I wrote about three of them, but instead of reblogging all three I thought I'd just list them all here in chronological order. Antioch surrenders to the … Continue reading Today in history: a lot of stuff
This will be short, since there's very little to say about the Arab conquest of Syria after the Battle of Yarmouk in 636 decisively broke the Byzantine army in that region. But Antioch was one of the great cities of the eastern Roman Empire, and its conquest by the Arabs was significant, if anticlimactic. The … Continue reading Today in Middle Eastern history: Antioch surrenders to the Arabs (637)
