Declassified spy satellite images reveal 1,400-year-old battle site in Iraq that set off the Muslim conquest

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December 1, 2024, 2:00 PM

• •Archaeologists used declassified spy images to find the lost location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah.
• •The battle took place in A.D. 636 or 637 between the Arab Muslim army and the Sasanian Empire.
• •The researchers identified the 6-mile-long wall and the moat north of the town mentioned in historical texts.

Archaeologists have found the lost location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, which took place in A.D. 636 or 637 between the Arab Muslim army and the Sasanian Empire. The discovery was made using declassified spy images of Iraq taken in 1973.

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