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Muslim Conquest of the Levant
Rashidun campaigns that transferred Syria and Palestine from Byzantine to early Islamic rule.
Historical overview
Overview adapted from a Wikipedia summary and stored locally on May 11, 2026.
The Muslim conquest of the Levant transferred Syria and Palestine from Byzantine to Rashidun rule. The campaigns made the Levant a core region of the early caliphate.
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633-750historical border era
Caliphate expansion
Rashidun and Umayyad conquests rapidly transform the Levant, Egypt, Persia, North Africa and Iberia.
Former Byzantine and Sasanian territories move into Islamic imperial systems. Iberia becomes a major western frontier.