The territory of the Caliphate in 750 rename

• Medieval Muslim Algeria

  

  Medieval Muslim Algeria spans from the 600s to the 1600s. Unlike the invasions of previous religions and cultures, the coming of Islam, which was spread by Arabs, was to have pervasive and long-lasting effects on North Africa. The new faith, in its...

• Caliphate

  

  The term caliphate (from the Arabic خلافة or khilāfa) refers to the first form of government inspired by Islam. It was initially led by Muhammad's disciples as a continuation of the political authority the prophet established, known as the 'rashidun...

• Islamic conquest of Persia

  

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  633 C.E.

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  656 C.E.

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  • Mesopotamia
  • Iranian plateau
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  The Muslim conquest of Persia led to the end of the Sassanid Empire in 644, of the Sassanid dynasty in 651 and the eventual extirpation of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. The Sassanid Empire was first invaded by Muslims in present day Iraq in...

• Exarchate of Africa

• Muslim conquest of Egypt

  

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  641 C.E.

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  654 C.E.

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  • North Africa
  • Egypt
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  At the commencement of the Muslim conquest of Egypt, Egypt was part of the Byzantine Empire with its capital in Constantinople. However, it had been occupied just a decade before by the Persian Empire under Khosrau II (616 to 629 AD). Emperor...

• Muslim conquests

  

  Muslim conquests (632–732), (Arabic: فتح‎, Fataḥ, literally opening,) also referred to as the Islamic conquests or Arab conquests, began after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He established a new unified political policy in the Arabian...

• History of Islamic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica

• Muslim conquest of Syria

  

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  634 C.E.

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  638 C.E.

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  • Palestine
  • Syria
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  The Muslim conquest of Syria occurred in the first half of the 7th century, and refers to the region known as the Bilad al-Sham, the Levant, or Greater Syria. Arab forces had appeared on the southern borders even before the death of the Islamic...

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