The early Islamic polity is intensely expansionist,…
676 CE to 819 CE
The early Islamic polity is intensely expansionist, fueled both by fervor for the faith and by economic and social factors.
After gaining control of Arabia and the Persian Gulf region, conquering armies sweep out of the peninsula, spreading Islam.
By the end of the eighth century, Islamic armies had reached far into North Africa and eastward and northward into Asia.
