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The rise of caliph Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik to the throne in 724 marked the renewal of the Arabs' almost annual raids against Byzantine territories in Asia Minor, which had been suspended due to domestic trouble. As part of those raids, in 726 the Arab general Maslamah ibn 'Abd al-Malik captured and plundered Caesarea, the most important city in Cappadocia. |
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Siege and fall of Amorion, 838 |
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Siege and fall of Antioch, 1097-98 |
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Siege and fall of Antioch, 968-69 |
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Siege and fall of Edessa, 943 |
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Siege and fall of Trebizond, 1461 |
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Siege and fall of Tyana, 708 |
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Early in the summer of 707, the Arabs under Maslamah ibn 'Abd al-Malik and 'Abbas ibn al-Walid invaded Cappadocia and laid siege to Tyana. In early 708, Emperor Justinian II sent an expeditionary corps under Theophylaktos Salibas and Theodore Karteroukas to help the city. The defeat of this army forced the citizens of Tyana to surrender the city to the Arabs in March 708. |
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