The benefits of relying only on civil disobedience
to divide Germanyinto just two parts Federal Republic of Germany with West Berlin <span> and the German Democratic Republic with East </span>Berlin<span>. The west was democratic and capitalist..........i think</span>
They weren't so successful at conquering Europe or China. Of course, one can blame the long supply lines, but in these cases their adversaries were also determined to repulse them.
In contrast, Byzantium and Persia were exhausted from mutual warfare. Tribes related by kinship to Muslim Arabs had served as mercenaries during this period, so there was a lot of tactical knowledge available.
The Byzantines retreated to the highlands of Anatolia upon losing their lower-lying provinces to the Muslims. I am not sure if they launched a determined counter-attack. The Persians did, but they could not fight coherently.
