Complex sentence: Greatrex-Lieu (2002), II, 86 Damaging raids on Syria by the Lakhmids in 529 encouraged Justinian to strengthen his own Arab allies, helping the Ghassanid leader Al-Harith ibn Jabalah turn a loose coalition into a coherent kingdom.
Split into simpler sentences: Greatrex-Lieu (2002), II, 86 Damaging raids on Syria by the Lakhmids. In 529 encouraged Justinian to strengthen his own Arab allies, helping the Ghassanid leader Al-Harith ibn Jabalah turn a loose coalition into a coherent kingdom.