<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yarmouk" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Yarmouk">Battle of Yarmouk</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arabs">Arab</a> forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Khalid ibn al-Walid">Khalid ibn al-Walid</a> take control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Levant">Levant</a> away from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a>, marking the first great wave of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> conquests and the rapid advance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islam">Islam</a> outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabia</a>.