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Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea.

Historical image related to Arab–Byzantine wars: Battle of Apamea: Fatimids defeat a Byzantine army near Apamea. from July 19, 998

Arab–Byzantine wars

Series of wars between the 7th and 11th centuries

The Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between multiple Arab dynasties and the Byzantine Empire. The Muslim Arab Caliphates conquered large parts of the Christian Byzantine empire and unsuccessfully attacked the…
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Battle of Apamea

998 Fatimid victory over the Byzantines in Syria

The Battle of Apamea was fought on 19 July 998 between the forces of the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate. The battle was part of a series of military confrontations between the two powers over control of northern Syria and the Hamdanid emirate of Aleppo, which in turn…
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Fatimid Caliphate

Fourth Islamic caliphate (909–1171)

The Fatimid Caliphate, also known as the Fatimid Empire, was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shi'a dynasty. Spanning a large area of North Africa and West Asia, it ranged from the western Mediterranean in…
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Byzantine Empire

Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)

The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it…
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Apamea, Syria

Ancient city in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Syria

Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Macedonians, became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda, again in the crusader period.
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