Covering history's most marvelous millennium
Covering history's most marvelous millennium
This page contains all our reports regarding the Caliphate’s Medieval History.
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The very first caliph sent his star general Khalid ibn al-Walid - the "Sword of God" - to conquer Byzantine Syria, but the great city of Damascus stood in his way.
Thanks to its explosive ideology of jihad, Islam enjoyed a stunning rise in its early days and defeated one Western power after the other.
Frankish prince Charles Martel had to face two Islamic incursions north of the Pyrenees. Nevertheless, he managed to withstand the onslaught of jihad.
