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632 - 633Ridda Wars (Wars of Apostacy): re-unification of the Arabian Peninsula under the banner of Islam.
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632 - 634Abu Bakr becomes the first caliph (successor to Muhammad) of the Rashidun Caliphate.
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634Battle of Ajnadayn: Muslim invasion of Syria.
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634 - 644Umar ibn al-Khattab succeeds Abu Bakr, becoming the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
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636Battle of al-Qadisiyya.
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636Byzantine defeat at the Battle of Yarmouk.
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637Muslim invasion of the Levant. The Byzantines are driven out.
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638Umar distributes food during a famine in Arabia.
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640Battle of Heliopolis. Byzantine forces defeated by Umar's general Amr ibn al-Aas.
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644 - 656Uthman ibn 'Affan succeeds Umar to become the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.