The Capture of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 634

• Authors: SYVÄNNE Ilkka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to show that there is an alternative way to reconstruct the Muslim conquest of Roman Levant, which is actually militarily more plausible than the current consensus view among historians.

Keywords

EN

Roman military; Byzantine military; Muslim military; Muslim Conquests; tactics; Battle of Yarmuk; Battle of Fihl; Battle of Ajdanayn; Jerusalem; Heraclius; Khalid b. Walid; Abu Bakr; Umar

• Publisher: Instytut Historii Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
• Journal: Historia i Świat
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 37-58

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

SYVÄNNE Ilkka

• University of Haifa, Israel

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2019.08.03