Arab–Byzantine wars 629–1050

Byzantine Empire, First Bulgarian Empire, Mardaites, Kingdom of Italy, Italian city-states ⚔ First Islamic state, Rashidun Caliphate, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, Aghlabid Emirate, Emirate of Bari, Emirate of Crete, Zirid Emirate

Key battles

• Battle of Mu'tah (629)
• Battle of Ajnadayn (634)
• Siege of Damascus (634)
• Battle of Bosra (634)
• Battle of al-Qaryatayn (634)
• Battle of Fahl (635)
• Siege of Emesa (635)
• Battle of Yarmouk (636)
• Siege of Jerusalem (636)
• Battle of the Iron Bridge (637)
• Siege of Aleppo (637)
• Battle of Hazir (637)
• Battle of Heliopolis (640)
• Battle of Nikiou (646)
• Battle of Sufetula (647)
• Siege of Constantinople (674)
• Battle of Vescera (682)
• Battle of Sebastopolis (692)
• Battle of Carthage (698)
• Siege of Tyana (707)
• Siege of Constantinople (717)
• Siege of Nicaea (727)
• Battle of Akroinon (740)
• Battle of Kopidnadon (788)
• Battle of Krasos (804)
• Sack of Amorium (838)
• Battle of Anzen (838)
• Battle of Lalakaon (863)
• Siege of Ragusa (866)
• Sack of Thessalonica (904)
• Battle of Andrassos (960)
• Battle of Alexandretta (971)
• Battle of the Orontes (994)
• Battle of Azaz (1030)

Who lived through the Arab–Byzantine wars

Well-known people alive during 629–1050:

• Li Bai (701–762) — Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (701–762)
• Avicenna (980–1037) — Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
• Charlemagne (742–814) — king of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor (747–814) (742-814)
• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780–850) — 9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer
• Abu Nuwas (756–814) — 8th-century classical Arabic poet
• Murasaki Shikibu (970–) — Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
• Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (586–644) — 2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
• Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (599–661) — 4th Rashidun Caliph (r. 656–661) and first Shia Imam
• Du Fu (712–770) — Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
• Ferdowsi (940–1020) — Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
• Brahmagupta (598–670) — Indian mathematician and astronomer (c. 598 – c. 668 CE)
• William the Conqueror (1028–1087) — King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
• Al-Biruni (973–1048) — 11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
• Uthman ibn Affan (574–656) — Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate from 644 to 656
• Aisha (614–678) — Muhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)
• Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039) — Persian physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
• Leif Erikson (972–1020) — norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
• Alfred the Great (849–899) — king of Wessex (r. 872–901)
• Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) — grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam (626–680)
• Harun al-Rashid (766–809) — 5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)
• Abu Bakr al-Razi (866–925) — Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
• Farabi (870–951) — 10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
• Urban II (1035–1099) — 11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades
• Jabir ibn Hayyan (721–815) — 8th-century Islamic alchemist and author
• Ādi Shankara (788–820) — An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.

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