Saturday, 28 March 2020

The History of Islam Part 2

The early Muslim conquests  began with the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. He established a new unified polity in the Arabian Peninsula which under the subsequent Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates saw a century of rapid expansion.
The resulting empire stretched from the borders of China and the Indian subcontinent, across the Middle EastNorth AfricaCentral Asia, the Caucasus, and parts of Europe (Sicily and the Iberian Peninsula to the Pyrenees). 

The second episode is entitled The Muslim Conquest of North Africa


Further Reading

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