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|image=[[File: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=634–1057
|place= Levant, Syria, Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily, Southern Italy
|result= Overall Arab gains, despite [[Byzantine-Arab Wars (780–1180)|Byzantine resurgence]]
(contracted; show full)]] in 842, [[Enna]] in 859, culminating in the capture of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] in 878. This in turn opened up southern Italy and the [[Adriatic Sea]] for raids and settlement. Byzantium further suffered an important setback with the loss of [[Crete]] to a band of [[al-Andalus|Andalusian]] exiles, who established a [[Emirate of Crete|piratical emirate]] on the island and for more than a century ravaged the coasts of the hitherto secure  [[Aegean Sea]].

== Byzantine resurgence, 863–11th century ==

[[File:Byzantine-Arab naval struggle.png|thumb|right|250px|Map of the Byzantine-Arab naval antagonism in the Mediterranean, 7th to 11th centuries]]
However, religious peace came with the emergence of the [[Macedonian dynasty]] in 867, as well as a strong and unified Byzantine leadership;<ref name="Europe">''Europe: A History''. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1996. ISBN 0-19-820171-0</ref> while the Abassid empire had splintered into many factions afer 861. [[Basil I]] revived the Byzantine Empire into a regional power, during a period of territorial expansion, making the Empire the strongest power in [[Europe(contracted; show full)[[ms:Perang Arab-Byzantine]]
[[nl:Byzantijns-Arabische oorlogen]]
[[ja:アラブ・東ローマ戦争]]
[[pt:Guerras bizantino-árabes]]
[[ro:Războaiele bizantino-arabe]]
[[ru:Арабо-византийские войны]]
[[fi:Bysantin–arabien sodat]]
[[th:สงครามไบแซนไทน์-อาหรับ]]