<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishBaada ya kifo cha Mtume Muhammad Swalla Allaahu alayhi wa aalihi wa sallam mwaka 632, majeshi ya Kiarabu, yaliyoungana chini ya Uislamu, yaliondoka katika nchi yao na hivi karibuni wakachukua Misri, Syria na Palestina kutoka kwa Byzantium; Constantinople ilizungukwa kutoka 674 hadi 678, lakini iliokoka kwa sababu ya ulinzi wake.  <response>: Following the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632, Arab armies, united under Islam, poured out of their homeland, and soon took Egypt, Syria, and Palestine from the Byzantines; Constantinople was besieged from 674 to 678, but survived because of its defences. 