The Islamic
World History Rise of the Islamic Empire
The Islamic Empire was one of the largest and most powerful empires of its time. The Islamic Empire was founded in the 7th century and lasted for over a thousand years.
Scholars living in Baghdad translated Greek texts and made scientific discoveries—which is why this era, from the seventh to thirteenth centuries CE, is named the Golden Age of Islam.
In 711 the armies of Islam conquered the Iberian Peninsula, which now became the westernmost outpost of the Islamic empire. Most of the Peninsula remained under Islamic rule until the early 13th century. The great golden age of Islamic Spain was the 10th century, during the heyday of the Umayyad caliphate (756–1031).
There are many reasons why Islam spread so quickly. First Mecca was connected to many global trade routes. Another important reason was their military conquered lots of territory. A third factor was the Muslims fair treatment of conquered peoples.
At the Battle of Tours near Poitiers, France, Frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe.
on our current website. The start of Islam is marked in the year 610, following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40. Muhammad and his followers spread the teachings of Islam throughout the Arabian peninsula.
Christianity developed out of Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century CE. It is founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow it are called Christians. Islam developed in the 7th century CE.
From the time the Prophet Muhammad and his followers withdrew from Mecca to form their own political community until just after World War I—almost exactly thirteen hundred years—Islamic governments ruled states that ranged from fortified towns to transcontinental empires.
The Umayyad Caliphate tried to expand the Islamic Empire farther into Europe. In 732 C.E., Muslims invaded France but were defeated by Charles Martel and the Franks at the Battle of Tours. This defeat stopped the Islamic Empire from expanding into northern and western Europe.
Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East and Russia.
The Mongol Empire existed during the 13th and 14th centuries and it is recognized as being the largest contiguous land empire in history.
The three major Muslim empires did experience a decline during the 18th century, as compared with their own earlier power and with the rising powers in Europe, but most Muslims were not yet aware that Europe was partly to blame.
It is believed that Islam was founded in Makkah at the start of the 7th century CE, following the first revelation to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Angel Jibril (PBUH) revealed Allah's words to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the form of the Qur'an.
The country with the largest number (about 209 million) is Indonesia, where 87.2% of the population identifies as Muslim. India has the world's second-largest Muslim population in raw numbers (roughly 176 million), though Muslims make up just 14.4% of India's total population.
He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues. He preached from Jewish text, from the Bible.
Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.
Modern growth. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world. In 1990, 1.1 billion people were Muslims, while in 2010, 1.6 billion people were Muslims.
Many historians claim that the earliest Muslims came from the Senegambian region of Africa in the early 14th century. It is believed they were Moors, expelled from Spain, who made their way to the Caribbean and possibly to the Gulf of Mexico.
The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म, lit.
Adherents hold that Hinduism—one of the principal faiths in the modern world, with about one billion followers—is the world's oldest religion, with complete scriptural texts dating back 3,000 years.
Fasting during Ramadan means abstinence from all food or drink, including water and chewing gum, from dawn to sunset. It is recommended that before sunrise, Muslims eat a prefast meal known as suhur.
In the battle, the Gurjar Hindu alliance of Nagabhata I of the Pratihara Dynasty and Vikramaditya II of the Chalukya dynasty defeated the Arab invaders. The Arabs crossed over to the other side of the River Indus, abandoning all their lands to the victorious Indian kings.
Charles Martel Stops Muslim Expansion at the Battle of Tours.
However, this YES can be true only if Muslims implement, practice, and make Al-Quran and the Sunnah part and parcel of our daily lives. In other words, we, Muslims, can rise again and lead the whole world if and only if Islam is really being our way of life, not a wish to have it as a way of life.