The Battle of Yarmouk was fought in August 636 CE along the Yarmouk River in what is now the border region between Syria and Jordan, between the Rashidun Caliphate's army under the general Khalid ibn al-Walid and a much larger Byzantine force sent by Emperor Heraclius to defend Byzantine Syria. Over several days of fighting in the river valley's rugged terrain, Khalid's smaller, more mobile Muslim force outmaneuvered and decisively defeated the Byzantine army, inflicting heavy casualties and effectively destroying Byzantine military power in the region. The defeat forced Heraclius to abandon any further defense of Syria, and Muslim forces went on to capture Damascus, Jerusalem and the rest of the Levant within the following few years. Historians frequently rank Yarmouk among the most decisive battles in world history for permanently ending nearly seven centuries of Roman and Byzantine rule over Syria and opening the region to Islamic civilization.
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The Battle of Yarmouk River (or Yarmuk River; also written as the Battle of Jabiya-Yarmuk) was fought over the course of six days, from 15 to 20 August 636 CE, between the Muslim army of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE), under
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The Battle of Yarmouk River (or Yarmuk River; also written as the Battle of Jabiya-Yarmuk) was fought over the course of six days, from 15 to 20 August 636 CE, between the Muslim army of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE), under
Battle of Yarmouk: Event Type
The Battle of Yarmouk was fought in August 636 CE along the Yarmouk River in what is now the border region between Syria and Jordan, between the Rashidun Caliphate's army under the general Khalid ibn al-Walid and a much larger Byzantine force sent by Emperor Heraclius to defend Byzantine Syria.
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In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph and infobox, dates
The Battle of the Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmouk; Arabic: معركة اليرموك) was a major battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate near the Yarmouk River in Byzantine Syria that marked a crucial point in the Muslim conquest of Syria.
Participant: Khalid ibn al-Walid, Infobox: commander1
Khalid ibn al-Walid Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah Amr ibn al-As Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan Shurahbil ibn Hasana Ikrima ibn Amr Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Al-Qa'qa' ibn 'Amr Dirar ibn al-Azwar Ubadah ibn al-Samit
In Group: Events of the Sixth to Eighth Centuries, 500 to 750 CE, Lead
The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River, along what are now the borders between Syria and Jordan and Syria and Israel, southeast of the Sea of Galilee.
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