<Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 629--1050s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Levant (Syria), Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily, Southern Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Levant, Mesopotamia, North Africa, and Sicily annexed by Arabs . Southeastern Anatolia, Armenia, northern Levant, southern Italy, and Crete recaptured during Byzantine reconquest . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 629--1050s </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Levant (Syria), Egypt, North Africa, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily, Southern Italy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Levant, Mesopotamia, North Africa, and Sicily annexed by Arabs . Southeastern Anatolia, Armenia, northern Levant, southern Italy, and Crete recaptured during Byzantine reconquest . </Td> </Tr>

Which group took control of the middle east from the arab