▁last ▁Um ay y ads ▁and ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁Icon oc las m ▁▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁failure ▁to ▁capture ▁Constantin ople ▁in ▁ 7 1 7 – 7 1 8 , ▁the ▁Um ay y ads ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁di vert ed ▁their ▁attention ▁elsewhere , ▁allowing ▁the ▁By z ant ines ▁to ▁take ▁to ▁the ▁off ensive , ▁making ▁some ▁g ains ▁in ▁Armen ia . ▁From ▁ 7 2 0 / 7 2 1 ▁however ▁the ▁Arab ▁arm ies ▁res umed ▁their ▁exped itions ▁against ▁By z antine ▁An atol ia , ▁although ▁now ▁they ▁were ▁no ▁longer ▁aim ed ▁at ▁con quest , ▁but ▁rather ▁large - scale ▁ra ids , ▁pl und ering ▁and ▁dev ast ating ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁and ▁only ▁occasionally ▁attack ing ▁for ts ▁or ▁major ▁settlement s . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁late ▁Um ay y ad ▁and ▁early ▁Abb as id ▁cal i ph s , ▁the ▁front ier ▁between ▁By z ant ium ▁and ▁the ▁C ali ph ate ▁became ▁stabil ized ▁along ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁the ▁T aur us - Ant ita urus ▁mountain ▁ranges . ▁On ▁the ▁Arab ▁side , ▁C il icia ▁was ▁perman ently ▁occupied ▁and ▁its ▁desert ed ▁cities , ▁such ▁as ▁Ad ana , ▁M op su est ia ▁( al - M ass isa ) ▁and , ▁most ▁important ly , ▁T ars us , ▁were ▁ref ort ified ▁and ▁res ett led ▁under ▁the ▁early ▁Abb as ids . ▁Like wise , ▁in ▁Upper