Battle of Yarmūk
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Syria
- Date: August 15-20, 636
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Muslim invasion of Palestine. Result: Decisive Arab victory.
Yarmūk was a hard-fought battle between Arab Muslims and the Byzantine Empire. In addition to gullies, streams, brush, and plains, tremendous gorges were prominent terrain features.
Suffering from earlier losses, Byzantine forces were split into ethnic factions and divided to the point that numerous Bedouin cavalry deserted to their Arab cousins. Still, Theodore Trithourios had a numerical advantage of four to one when he opened hostilities...
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