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◄ | 610s | 620er | 630s | 640er | 650s | 660s | 670s | ►
640 | 641 | 642 | 643 | 644 | 645 | 646 | 647 | 648 | 649

Events

• 640 : The Muslims under ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀs defeat the Byzantines in Egypt in the battle of Heliopolis . Alexandria can hold its own until 642 . Egypt becomes a province of the Umayyads who rule from Damascus .
• Spread of Islam in eastern North Africa and Persia .
• 642 : With the Battle of Nehawend , the Sassanid Empire collapses under the onslaught of the Arabs.
• 644 : Uthman , a son Mohammed is after the murder of its predecessor Umar in Medina third Khalifa the Muslims selected.
• In 645 the Byzantine fleet was severely defeated by the Muslims off the coast of Lycia . Byzantium loses maritime rule in the Mediterranean to the Arab Muslims.

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