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Abbasids Amru ancient Apostle Arabian Arabs arms army Aryan Asia Minor Assyrian Babylon Babylonia battle became besieged brethren caliph capital Carchemish century chief Christians civil command conqueror conquest Cyrus Damascus Darius death defeated deity desert dominion dynasty East Egyptian emperor empire enemy Esarhaddon Euphrates exiles faithful forces formed gods gold Greek hands Herodotos Hittite holy hundred Hyksos inscriptions Israel Jahweh Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judah Kaaba Khalid king of Egypt kingdom Koran Koreish land later Lydia Manetho Mecca Medina Mohammed Mohammedan monarch monuments Moslems Nabonidos nations native Nebuchadrezzar Nile Nineveh Omar palace Palestine period Persian Phoenician possession priest prince Prophet province Ptolemy race Ramses Ramses II reign religion religious revolt Roman royal Saracens Sargon Semitic Sennacherib siege slain spirit success successor sword Syria temple Thebes thousand throne Tigris tion tribes tribute troops Tyre victory worship