Muslim forces conquered Damascus, besieged Jerusalem, and ultimately took both cities. The Byzantine army sent to stop them was massacred almost to a man after being goaded into attacking in a sandstorm that blew in their faces. Heraclius personally slipped into Jerusalem to remove the True Cross before beginning the long retreat to Constantinople.
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What each episode says
Episode 10 (5 mentions)
Muslim forces conquered Damascus, besieged Jerusalem, and ultimately took both cities. The Byzantine army sent to stop them was massacred almost to a man after being goaded into attacking in a sandstorm that blew in their faces. Heraclius personally slipped into Jerusalem to remove the True Cross before beginning the long retreat to Constantinople.
“The crippled Persian empire put up little resistance, and by 633 a Muslim force had”
“With even local areas divided, the Muslims poured into Syria, conquering Damascus and”
“The Muslims retreated into the Syrian desert, but without Heraclius to lead them, the Byzantines”
Episode 11 (7 mentions)
“was returned to the Bosphorus, nothing seemed able to stem the Muslim tide.”
“The Muslim advance, blunted for the first time, was redirected to the southwest, annihilating”
“simply joined the Muslims, forcing her to buy a humiliating and expensive piece.”
Episode 13 (6 mentions)
“it had fallen to the Muslims 332 years before during the reign of Heraclius.”
“Muslim army so effectively that they hastily arranged for a ten-year peace.”
“Belisarius in the 6th century that had fallen to the Muslims in the 9th.”
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