The achievements of Islam are great and…
532 CE to 675 CE
The Muslim world is split after the third caliph, Uthman, is assassinated in 656, and the fourth caliph, Ali (murdered in 660) spends much of his time in Iraq.
After Ali, the Umayyads establish a hereditary line of caliphs in Damascus.
People
Groups
Polytheism (“paganism”)
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Arab people
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Christian community of Najran
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Quraysh (Arabic tribe)
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Christians, Eastern (Diophysite, or “Nestorian”) (Church of the East)
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Islam
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Rashidun Caliphate
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Muslims, Sunni
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Muslims, Shi'a
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Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
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Topics
Islamic origins
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Arab-Byzantine Wars
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Muslim Conquest of Persia
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Ridda Wars
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Byzantine-Muslim War of 633-42
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Muslim Conquest of the Levant
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Muslim Conquest of Armenia
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Muslim Conquest of Egypt
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Byzantine-Muslim War of 645-56
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Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
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Fitna, First, or First Islamic Civil War
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Muslim Conquest of Sindh
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