 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma680, Justinian II 685695 uye 705711 akafunga nezvezvinodiwa nezvikepe, achizvisimbisa nekugarazve kwevanopfuura 18,500 Mardaites kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba kweHumambo, kwavakashandiswa sevashandi vechikepe uye vafambisi vezvikepe. Kunyange zvakadaro, kutyisidzira kwevaArabhu kwezvikepe zvegungwa kwakawedzera sezvo zvishoma nezvishoma vakatora kutonga kweNorth Africa muma680 nema690. Nhare yokupedzisira yeByzantium, Carthage, yakawa muna 698, kunyange zvazvo nhume dzomugungwa dzeByzantium dzakakwanisa kuitorazve kwenguva pfupi. Gavhuna wechiArab Musa bin Nusair akavaka guta idzva nenzvimbo yezvikepe zvehondo kuTunis, uye vavaki vengarava vechiCoptic 1 000 vakaunzwa kuzovaka ngarava itsva, iyo yaizopikisa kudzora kweByzantium kumadokero kweMediterranean. Nokudaro, kuvambira pamavambo ezana ramakore rechi 8 zvichienda mberi, kudenha kwevaMuslim kwakaitika kusingaregi mukurwisana nenzvimbo dzeByzantine muWestern Mediterranean, zvikurukuru Sicily. Uyezve, ngarava itsva dzaizobvumira vaMuslim kuti vapedzise kukunda Maghreb uye kuti vabudirire kupinda nechisimba uye kutora chikamu chikuru cheIberian Peninsula yaidzorwa nevaVisigoth. 