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The Meaning of the Arab Conquest of Byzantine Africa in the 7th century

Arabs occupied Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Byzantine Africa in the 7th century. Medieval trade in the Mediterranean world was free due to the protection by the Byzantine navy before the Arab invasion, but the Arab invasion changed this circumstance. On the one hand, when Arabs occupied Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, the trade in the eastern Mediterranean world was temporarily stopped, and on the other, one of in the west of Mediterranean world persisted. After the occupation of Arabs of Syria, Palestine and Egypt, Byzantine Christians in these areas were persecuted. The Arab occupation of Byzantine Africa in the 7th century completely changed the circumstances of the western Mediterranean world. The invasion of Arabs shocked the Mediterranean world like that of the Germanic tribes gave a shock to Western Europe. The trade in the western Mediterranean world declined, and Christians of Byzantine Africa had to convert to Islam.