Battle of Gazara

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath further_Muslim_expansion_in_the_region
gptkbp:casualties fewer_losses_for_Rashidun_forces
significant_losses_for_Byzantines
gptkbp:celebrates remembered_in_Islamic_history
gptkbp:climate hot and dry
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:Rashidun_Caliphate
gptkbp:culturalHeritage depicted in literature and art
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired later military leaders
gptkbp:date 636 AD
gptkbp:duration one day
gptkbp:followedBy Battle of Ajnadayn
gptkbp:historical_analysis examined in military studies
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Arab-Byzantine_wars
part_of_the_larger_Arab_expansion.
gptkbp:historicalImpact reshaped regional politics
gptkbp:historicalPeriod interpretations of the battle's outcome
varied accounts of the battle
gptkbp:historicalRecords documented by various historians
gptkbp:historicalSignificance marked_decline_of_Byzantine_influence
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Gazara
gptkbp:impact contributed_to_the_spread_of_Islam
gptkbp:landscape hilly and rugged
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Khalid_ibn_al-Walid
Heraclius
gptkbp:legacy influenced future military strategies
gptkbp:location Gazara
gptkbp:militaryRank cavalry and infantry
use of terrain to advantage
importance of mobility in warfare
one of the key battles of the era
Khalid_ibn_al-Walid's_tactics_praised
Rashidun_forces_used_surprise_attacks
gptkbp:politicalRole shift_in_power_dynamics_in_the_Middle_East
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Yarmouk
gptkbp:primaryMission historical chronicles
modern historical analyses
gptkbp:result Byzantine_defeat
gptkbp:significance part_of_the_Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant
gptkbp:strategicGoals alliances formed post-battle
capture of key territories
Rashidun_forces_well-prepared
control_of_the_Levant
gptkbp:tactics flanking_maneuvers_by_Rashidun_forces