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a military battle against British troops
For beach resorts, that would be Turkey. In the last few years, they put huge investments in their tourism industry and a lot of efforts in modernizing their resorts. Perhaps the most popular and eventually the best Turkey resort is Antalya. It is a very modern tourist destination, compatible with any Western Europe resorts in terms of attractions, service and prices. Plus, it is spiced up a little with the taste of the Orient. The diversity of products is wide and you can find what you are looking for whether you look for a family vacation or for wild night life.
<span>If you look for something more "inside Europe", Greece and Croatia are the only Eastern countries that can offer high quality tourism products. </span>
<span>For winter sports probably the best resort would be "Bansko" in Bulgaria. It is still in process of development though.</span>
The Arabs expansionist movement started with the Arabs defeating the Byzantines at the <em>Battle of Yarmouk</em> - in August 636 along what is today the borders of Syria and Jordan and Syria and Palestine. The win of the Arabs ended the Byzantine rule in Syria and this battle is known as the most decisive battle of military history.
Later in 650 the Arabs conquest<em> Persia and marked the end of the Sasanian empire of Persia and the decline of the Zoroastrian religion.</em> They had liberal policies and made population free to convert to Islam or not. This made the place easier to conquest and less prone to rise up against the new government.
The empire continues to grow throughout Europe, leading to the <em>conquest of parts of the Roman Empire</em> but the <em>losses in Mesopotamia and Syria started the decline of the Arab expansion with minor successes of the Byzantines in 1055.</em>