The Capture of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 634

Ilkka  SYVÄNNE

doi:10.34739/his.2019.08.03

The Capture of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 634

Authors

Ilkka SYVÄNNE University of Haifa, Israel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6084-0234

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34739/his.2019.08.03

Keywords:

Roman military, Byzantine military, Muslim military, Muslim Conquests, tactics, Battle of Yarmuk, Battle of Fihl, Battle of Ajdanayn, Jerusalem, Heraclius, Khalid b. Walid, Abu Bakr, Umar

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show that there is an alternative way to reconstruct the Muslim conquest of Roman Levant, which is actually militarily more plausible than the current consensus view among historians.