Conflict: Islamic Wars
Combatants: Mecca vs. Medina
Location: Saudi Arabia
Outcome: Median victory
Eighteen months after his flight from Mecca to Medina, Mohammed and three hundred of his Moslem followers launched a military campaign against the Arabs from Mecca. On this day in 624, Mohammed's small army attacked a Koriesh Arab caravan bound for Mecca. Though outnumbered nearly 3-to-1, Mohammed's men routed the Meccans and seized the caravan.
Points of Interest:
Mohammed would attack and capture Mecca in 630.
Mohammed died in 632. His successor, Abu Bakr, would begin the expansion of Islam with invasions of Palestine, Syria, and Persia in 633.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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