632 – 750 AD
The fastest major expansion in human history. In a little over a century, armies fighting under the banner of a new faith erupted from Arabia and conquered an empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Indus — destroying the Sasanian Persian Empire outright, tearing Syria, Egypt, and North Africa from Byzantium, and overrunning Visigothic Spain. Only at the walls of Constantinople and the field of Tours was the tide finally checked.
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The fastest major expansion in human history. In a little over a century, armies fighting under the banner of a new faith erupted from Arabia and conquered an empire stretching from the Atlantic to the Indus — destroying the Sasanian Persian Empire outright, tearing Syria, Egypt, and North Africa from Byzantium, and overrunning Visigothic Spain. Only at the walls of Constantinople and the field of Tours was the tide finally checked.
The Early Islamic Conquests was fought from 632 to 750 AD.
The Early Islamic Conquests was fought between The Caliphate (Rashidun & Umayyad) and Byzantium, Persia & Their Neighbours.
An estimated 600,000 people died in The Early Islamic Conquests, including roughly 400,000 military and 200,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included The Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, Battle of Yarmouk, The First Arab Siege of Constantinople, and Battle of Nahavand.