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Map of the area surrounding the battle of Yarmouk. Had to make this map to pin-point the exact location of the battle for further maps to be built. ... Painted the ...
The Battle of the Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmouk) was a major battle between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate.The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River (also called the Hieromyces River), along what are now the borders of Syria–Jordan and Syria-Israel, southeast of the Sea ...
The terrain as can be seen is surrounded by ravines, almost recognised as canyons at the bottom of which the river Yarmouk and its tributary Nahr al-Allan runs. The plain of Yarmouk lies in the centre and the walls of the ridges of the canyons at the north of the plain is the Wadi ur-Ruqqad where the Byzantine army finally lost the battle.
A map of al-Jazira region (Upper Mesopotamia) in the 8th century. Iyad played a leading role in the Muslim conquest of the region. After the defeat in the Battle of Yarmouk, Heraclius mounted a counterattack operation in Syria.
A force of 5,000 veterans of Yarmouk was also sent to Qadisiyyah, arriving on the second day of the battle there. This proved to be a major turning point and a major morale booster for the Muslim army. The battle of Qadissiyyah was fought predominantly between Umar and Rostam, rather than between Sa'd and Rostam.
The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) broke out in April 2015, during the Syrian Civil War, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the rebel-held Yarmouk Camp. The Yarmouk Camp is a district of Damascus that is home to the largest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria. [21]
Battle of Yarmouk, a major battle between Arab Muslim forces and the armies of the Eastern Roman-Byzantine Empire in 636; Yarmukian culture, a Neolithic archaeological culture of the ancient Levant; Yarmouk munitions factory explosion, an alleged Israeli air strike against a munitions factory in Sudan in October 2012
The Battle of Yarmouk Camp (December 2012) was a period of fierce clashes in Yarmouk Camp during the Syrian civil war. Yarmouk is a district of Damascus that is home to the biggest community of Palestinian refugees in Syria. [5] The fighting was between the Syrian Army and PFLP-GC on one side, and Syrian rebels on the other.