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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)ca#First invasion|conquest of the remaining Byzantine territories in North Africa]] was completed and the Arabs were able to move across large parts of [[Maghreb]], entering into [[Hispania#Visigothic Hispania|Visigothic Spain]] through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] under the command of the [[Berber people|Berber]] general [[Tariq ibn-Ziyad]].<ref name="Read"/>

The [[Byzantine navy]] was the primary naval power in [[Europe]] and the [[Middle East]] at this time, with a formidable navy of 300
{{fact}} [[bireme]]s equipped with [[battering ram]]s. In spite of the great battle in 655 off the [[Lycia]]n coast, where the Arabs destroyed 500 ships, Byzantium remained the dominant force in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] and the [[Black Sea]].<ref name="Europe"> ''Europe: A History''. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1996. ISBN 0-19-820171-0</ref> The Byzantine chronicler [[Theophanes the Confessor]] reported the loss of [[Rhodes]] while recounting the sale of the centuries-(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]]