The spread of Islam spans almost 1,400 years. The early Muslim conquests that occurred following the death of Muhammad in 632 CE led to the creation of the caliphates, expanding over a vast geographic
The Abbasids are known to have founded some of the world's earliest educational institutions, such as the House of Wisdom.
The Dome of the Rock atop the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem
The Great Mosque of Kairouan, founded in 670 CE (the year 50 according to the Islamic calendar) by the Arab general and conqueror Uqba Ibn Nafi, is the oldest mosque in western Islamic lands and represents an architectural symbol of the spread of Islam in North Africa, situated in Kairouan, Tunisia.
The port and waterfront of Zeila
Muhammad was an Arab religious, military, and political leader, and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was the final prophet of God who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth
Spread of Islam
…The spread of Islam spans almost 1,400 years. The early Muslim conquests that occurred following the death of Muhammad in 632 CE led to the creation of the caliphates, expanding over a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by Arab Muslim forces expanding…
"Muhammad, the Messenger of God" inscribed on the gates of the Prophet's Mosque, Medina
An early manuscript of Ibn Hisham's al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, believed to have been transmitted by his students shortly after his death in 833
Early manuscript of the Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas, dated within his lifetime c. 780
A drawing of the birth of Muhammad.Siyer-i Nebi