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700 22c. the arabs<br />

to counter this new threat and unable to marshal tribal allies <strong>of</strong> their own<br />

to strike at their foe in his own heartlands, both were forced to fight deep<br />

within their own territories and suffered defeats that simply encouraged<br />

further incursions on a larger scale. Greek and Persian field armies were<br />

crushed in one disastrous battle after another, leaving cities to endure sieges<br />

without hope <strong>of</strong> relief and encouraging resistance everywhere else to evaporate<br />

in short order. 113<br />

113 Donner (1981) 119–220; Kaegi (1992) 88–180.<br />

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