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- 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