Kabalaka
City · c. 2 BCE – c. 461 CE · in Europe
Capital of Caucasian Albania (2 BCE–461).
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- Battle of the Yarmuk (636 CE): Arab Muslim armies decisively defeated the Byzantine army near the Yarmuk River, opening the Levant to the Muslim conquest.
- Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE): Mu'awiya I founded the Umayyad Caliphate with its capital at Damascus; it extended Muslim rule from Iberia to Central Asia.
- Battle of Karbala (680 CE): Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad, and his small party were killed by Umayyad forces at Karbala, an event central to Shia Islam and commemorated on Ashura.
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