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image=[[Image:Greekfire-madridskylitzes1.jpg|center|300px]]|
caption=[[Greek fire]], first used by the [[Byzantine Navy]] during the Byzantine-Arab Wars.|
conflict=Byzantine-Arab Wars|
partof=the [[Muslim conquests]]|
date=629, 634-717, 800s-1025, 1169|
place=Palestine, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily|
result= [[Arab]] conquests|
territory=[[Palestine]], [[Egypt]] and the whole of [[North Africa]] annexed by [[Arab]]s.|
combatant1=[[Byzantine Empire]],<ref name="Levies">The Empire's levies included [[Christian]] [[Armenia]]ns, [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]], and Arab [[Ghassanids]]
* "Ghassan." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 18 Oct. 2006 [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9036664]</ref><br>Arab [[Ghassanids]],<br>[[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] (later)|
combatant2=[[Rashidun Caliphate]], <br>[[Umayyad|Umayyad Caliphate]] <br>[[Abbasid|Abbasid Caliphate]]|
commander1=|Byzantine emperor|
commander2=|[[Umayyad]] Caliphate then [[Abassid]] Caliphate|
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{{Campaignbox Byzantine-Arab}}
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{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Khalid ibn Walid}}
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[[Image:Age-of-caliphs.png|300px|thumb|right|[[Sham]] region was just the start of Arab expansion. {{legend|#a1584e|Expansion under the Prophet Mohammad, 622-632}} {{legend|#ef9070|Expansion during the Patriarchal Caliphate, 632-661}} {{legend|#fad07d|Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750}}]]
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The '''Byzantine-Arab Wars''' were a series of wars between [[Arab Empire|Arab Caliphates]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]] between the 7th and 12th centuries AD. These started during the initial [[Muslim conquests]] under the [[Rashidun]] and [[Umayyad]] [[caliph]]s and continued in the form of an enduring border tussle until the beginning of the [[Crusades]]. As result the Byzantines, also called the [[Eastern Roman Empire|Romans]] ("[[Rûm]]" in [[Muslim]] historical c(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of North Africa]]
[[Category:History of Caucasus]]
[[Category:Islamic conquests]]
[[Category:Wars involving the Byzantine Empire]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Umayyad Caliphate]]

[[fr:Guerres entre Arabes et empire byzantin]]
[[nl:Byzantijns-Arabische oorlogen]]