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How Did the Early Arab Conquests Reshape the Near East? - The Mechanisms of the Early Caliphate | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the early seventh century, the Byzantine and Sasanian empires stood exhausted after a generation of devastating warfare. Yet within a single decade, both lost their richest provinces to Arab forces they had previously dismissed as desert raiders. This episode examines how a relatively small conquering coalition defeated two established superpowers and then built a durable system of rule over populations vastly larger than themselves.
The story is not one of inevitable religious destiny…
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