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b'- Where we are so far\\n-- In 632 CE Prophet Muhammad died and Abu Bakr was chosen by the residents of Medina as the Caliph\\n-- Soon after, several of the Arab tribes that were allied with the Prophet rebelled against Abu Bakr\\n-- Abu Bakr and his general KIW led a successful campaign to bring these tribes back in line\\n-- These were known as the Ridda, or Apostasy Wars\\n-- Abu Bakr commanded KIW to begin an invasion of southern Persia.\\n-- KIW was successful and conquered most of the area around the Euphrates River\\n-- At the same time, Abu Bakr also ordered Abu Ubaidah to lead an invasion into Syria\\n-- Abu Ubaidah ran into strong resistance so Abu Bakr had KIW come from Persia to assist\\n-- KIW led the Muslims to conquer Syria all the way up to Damascus\\n-- Back in Medina, Abu Bakr died and Umar ibn Al-Khattab became the Caliph\\n-- Umar removed KIW as the leader of the Muslim armies and put Abu Ubaidah back in charge\\n-- The Romans and Syrians got over their initial shock of the Muslim invasion and began a strong counterattack.\\n- In the last episode we discussed how the Romans and Persians began to make a comeback\\n- Now we\\u2019ll go into the details of that comeback and the result\\n- We will first discuss the events in Syria and then those in Persia'