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The Arabs, having gradually asserted control over …
Years: 664 - 675
The Arabs, having gradually asserted control over the sea routes to Constantinople, climax their earlier assaults on Armenia and Asia Minor with a siege of the great city itself, beginning in 674.
Half the East Roman Empire and the former territories of the entire Sassanid Empire will come under Muslim rule over the following centuries.
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Zoroastrians
- Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Islam
- Armenia, Ostikanate of
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
Topics
- Migration Period
- Arab-Byzantine Wars
- Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
- Constantinople, Siege of (674–678)
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Years: 664 - 675
Groups
- Arab people
- Persian people
- Zoroastrians
- Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
- Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Islam
- Armenia, Ostikanate of
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
Topics
- Migration Period
- Arab-Byzantine Wars
- Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
- Constantinople, Siege of (674–678)
Subjects
Regions
Subregions