{"id":2671,"date":"2020-03-23T03:57:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T03:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=2671"},"modified":"2024-05-25T08:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T08:41:52","slug":"5-muslims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/5-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"5) The Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topic 5 – Session 4 – Big Civilization<\/p>\n

The religion from their leader Mohammed aroused the Arab peoples. Within a couple of generations in the 600\u2019s and the 700\u2019s ad they conquered the eastern Mediterranean lands, Persia, and Egypt. Blocked at Constantinople, they rapidly expanded across the north African coast and invaded Spain. From there they ran into the early French (the Franks) and were turned back.<\/p>\n

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Outline<\/h4>\n

Course<\/a> Big Civilization
\nSession 4<\/a> Persia Versus West<\/p>\n

Other Topics for This Session<\/strong>
\nOne<\/a>| |Two<\/a>| |Three<\/a>| |Four<\/a>| |Five<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Further Information<\/h1>\n

From History Moments Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
610<\/td>\nMohammed<\/a><\/td>\nWashington Irving<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
636<\/td>\nMuslims Conquer Syria<\/a><\/td>\nSimon Ockley<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
640<\/td>\nSaracens Destroy the Great Library<\/a><\/td>\nWashington Irving<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
711<\/td>\nSaracens Invade Spain<\/a><\/td>\nAhmad al-Maqqari<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
732<\/td>\nThe Battle of Tours<\/a><\/td>\nSir Edward Creasy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
969<\/td>\nFatimites Conquer Egypt<\/a><\/td>\nStanley Lane-Poole<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

From Elsewhere<\/h2>\n

Reads<\/h3>\n

Muhammad<\/a> Early Muslim conquests<\/a> Arab\u2013Byzantine Wars<\/a> Muslim Conquest of Persia<\/a> Islamization of Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

Videos<\/h3>\n