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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|
(contracted; show full)ordham.edu/halsall/source/yarmuk.html]</ref> In [[Constantinople]], the Emperor began to array his remaining forces for a defence of Egypt. In 638, the Arabs conquered [[Jerusalem]]. The local population of [[Jerusalem]] welcomed the conquerors into the city, which was surrendered by [[Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarch]] [[Sophronius]] in the same year. As [[Steven Runciman]] describes the event:

{{long quotation|On a February day in the year AD 638, the Caliph Omar [Umar] entered Jerusalem 
riding onalong with a white camel which was ride by his slave. He was dressed in worn, filthy robes, and the army that followed him was rough and unkempt; but its discipline was perfect. At his side rode the [[Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarch]] [[Sophronius]] as chief magistrate of the surrendered city. Omar rode straight to the site of the [[Temple of Solomon]], whence his friend Mahomet [Muhammed] had ascended into Heaven. Watching him stand there, the Patriarch remembered the words of [[Jesus|Christ]] and murmured through his tears: "Behold the abomi(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of North Africa]]
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