The Arab Muslim Conquests Continued HIST /13/13

Arab-Muslim Conquests

Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Events 629 – Battle of Mu’tah 30 July 634 – Battle of Ajnadayn 18 Sept. 634 – Conquest of Damascus Aug. 636 – Battle of Yarmouk Nov. 636 – Battle of Qadisiyyah April 637 – Conquest of Jerusalem Sept. 641 – Conquest of Alexandria 642 – Battle of Nahavand 651 – Death of Yazdigird III

Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key figures Khalid b. al-Walid, Sayf Allah al-Masluli (the Drawn Sword of God) ( ) – Conquest of Damascus – Battle of Yarmouk – Conquest of Jerusalem – Dismissed by his cousin `Umar

Khalid b. Walid Mosque and the Syrian Civil War

Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Figures Sa`d b. Abi Waqqas (ca. 595-ca.674) – Battles of Qadisiyyah and Nahavand – Governor of Kufa – Candidate for Caliphate

Arab-Muslim Conquests – Key Figures `Amr b. al-`As ( ) – Conquest of Egypt – Founder of Fustat – Governor of Egypt

Battle of Qadisiyya

Saddam Qadisiyya

Arab Muslims and Non-Muslims Conquering Arabs were a minority in empire No tradition of empire Reliance on conquered peoples Islam, taxes, or the sword Amsar: Garrison cities Keep Arabs from allure of Byzantine/Sasanian cities Examples of Byzantine coin and Arab-Byzantine coin

2 Empires – 2 Bureaucracies – 2 Coinages Solidus – Maurice Tiberius (r ) Drachm – Yazdgard II (r )

Arab – Byzantine & Arab - Sassanian

Byzantine vs. Arab Byzantine What’s the difference?

Map Quiz 1.Put everything away except a writing utensil. 2.Put your name on the quiz. 3.The next slide will list ten geographic features, locate them on the blank map and label them with either the location’s name or number from the list. 4.Don’t forget to put your name on the quiz.

Map Quiz 1.Constantinople 2.Merv 3.Fustat 4.Baghdad 5.Mecca 6.Red Sea 7.Oxus River 8.Great Salt Desert 9.Yemen 10.Sind