Heraclius assembles a large army (one hundred…
February 636 CE
Heraclius assembles a large army (one hundred thousand men) consisting of contingents of Greeks, Slavs, Franks, Georgians, Armenians, and Christian Arabs.
He establishes a base at Yaqusah (near Gadara), close to the edge of the Golan Heights, protecting the vital main road from Egypt to Damascus.
The base is protected by deep valleys and precipitous cliffs, well supplied with water and grazing.
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People
Groups
Georgians
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Arab people
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Persian people
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Zoroastrians
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Armenian people
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Jews
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Franks
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Egypt (Roman province)
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Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid
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Christians, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox
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Phoenice Lebanensis (Roman province)
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Palaestina Prima (Roman province)
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Syria Prima (Roman province)
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Slavs, South
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Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
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Christians, Maronite
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Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
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Christians, Monophysite
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Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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Christianity, Chalcedonian
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Ghassan, Kingdom of
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Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
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Islam
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Rashidun Caliphate
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Christians, Monotheletist
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