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b'In many ways, it was more of an organized mob. There were no uniforms and no ranks.\\n- Commanders were appointed at will, generally based on accomplishment or tribal position.\\n- Their weapons was whatever they could find. Many of them came from defeated Persian and Roman soldiers\\n- Most armies have to deal with supplies and feeding thousands of people. Many of the soldiers traveled with their families\\n- The Arabs didn\\u2019t have that problem as they carried their food with them and were used to living on very little\\n- They could live for days, even weeks on just dates, water, and camel milk.\\n- This allowed KIW and other commanders to travel long distances with no supply chain or base of operations\\n- The desert itself was another advantage. Most of the Roman soldiers were not used to it.\\n- Unless they were invading a city, the Muslims usually fought with their backs to the desert.\\n- If they were ambushed or fought in the open country, they could slip into the desert where their enemey couldn\\u2019t follow.\\n- The four armies sent by Abu Bakr pushed into southern Syria (modern day Jordan) and conquered many small towns\\n\\nContinue Reading'