Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwezana remakore rechi7 uye kutanga kwezana remakore rechi8 C.E., Umayyad Caliphate yechiIslam, yakatangwa pashure pokufa kwaMuhammad, yakakura nokukurumidza. Muna 647 CE, maArabu 40 000 akamanikidza gavhuna weByzantine wekuchamhembe kweAfrica kuti azviise pasi uye abhadhare mutero, asi akakundikana kutora nzvimbo iyi zvachose. Pashure pokumbomira, apo vaMuslim vakarwa
hondo yevagari vemo, kupindirwa kwakatangazve muna 665, vachitora Byzantine North Africa kusvika kuBugia mumakwikwi akateedzana, ayo akapfuurira kusvika muna 689. Kurwisa kweByzantium kwakanyatsodzinga vaArabhu asi kwakasiya nharaunda yacho isina kudzivirirwa. Hondo dzenguva nenguva pamusoro pemapurovhinzi omunyika dzokuNorth Africa dzakapfuurira kwemakumi maviri emakore akatevera. Hondo yevagari vomunyika yakapfuurira kunonoka kupfuurira kwokukunda, asi kurwisa kwechiArab kwakatora Carthage ndokuitsigira pakurwisa kweByzantium.