Islam has been at war with everyone else since its inception.
This is an excellent listing of the wars of conquest of Islam, I will bookmark it for future reference to those who still refuse to see the truth about Islam. It has always been a religion of conquest and slavery. It always will be. It is commanded by their prophet and their book.
If it had not been for men like Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski, there would be no Christianity and therefore no United States of America.
That’s an amazing list, not just to elucidate muslim conquest, but to illustrate the permanent state of war throughout the ancient world. We’ve been extremely fortunate in the US to live in relatively peaceful conditions since the Civil War (with the exception, of course, of the multitude of foreign wars).
The extent of muslim conquest of Spain and France is quite astonishing, even after Charles Martel at Tours.
I found these lines to be particularly interesting. I had no idea that muslims controlled all of the Alps passes in those years strangling flow between Italy and France.
0911 - Muslims control all the passes in the Alps between France and Italy, cutting off passage between the two countries.
Then, 29 years later...
0940 - Hugh, Count of Provence, gives his protection to Moors in St. Tropez if they agree to keep the Alpine passes closed to his rival, Berenger.
All of it is political. It is a violent world-expansionist movement cleverly disguised as a religion.
Great list. thanks for the info. You’d think a Harvard Grad would have known about this
Excellent post!
Bill Warner (Ph.D. Physics, Mathematics) is a former engineering professor who has amassed a vast knowledge of Islam, to include its founding, founding documents and its bloody history. I highly recommend investing 40 minutes in Warner’s thorough and fascinating overview of the Islamic conquest and decimation of near Asia, North Africa and Europe entitled “Why We Are Afraid: A 1400 Year Secret” on YouTube. There are other, more narrowly focused YouTube presentations that are equally valuable, but the “1400 Year” overview is key to gaining an overall perspective and I recommend watching it first. And maybe twice.
Great history lesson - thanks for posting it.
With ISIS on the rampage, it’s deja vu all over again.
Thanks for the post. Useful...
“Greek fire” appears to have had a pretty good track record against these bums. I expect the more contemporary versions available today would get the attention of ISIS and similar savages - but that would required a leader in the West capable of actual leadership (and with an inclination to actually do something in opposition to the militant Islamists).
As I write this I openly wear one of these (as I do daily) - a solid-gold Histamenon noumisma "solidus", minted in Constantinople c. 969 AD, which I had fashioned by a professional jeweler into a medallion.
This jeweler is a master of his craft: he and I designed the piece to be mounted non-destructively and as it is recessed into the mounting, it may be worn in a way that sustains no abrasive damage to the piece itself.
It pictures and icon of Christ on the obverse and portraits of Nicephorus II and Basil I on the reverse. I mounted it to display the Icon.
Warner's history notes Nicephorus's accomplishments:
0961- Under the command of general Nicephorus Phokas, the Byzantines recapture Crete from Muslim rebels who had earlier fled Cordova.
0965 -Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Phokas reconquers Cyprus from the Muslims.
0969 -Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus II Phocas reconquers Antioch (modern Antakya, capital of the province Hatay) from the Arabs.
I have a greater appreciation for the emperor today.
FReegards!
Methinks somebody dropped a 0.
Interesting timeline. Though if you assembled a similar timeline for general European history it would look pretty darn violent too.
Outstanding
Outstanding