The Rise of Islam
- ISBN-10
- 0313325227
- ISBN-13
- 9780313325229
- Category
- Islam
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- R. Gordon, Matthew Gordon
Description
The explosion of Islam out of Arabia was one of the seminal events in world history. In the first few decades the new faith was spread by the sword of holy war, or jihad, inspiring Arab conquests from Spain to northern India.
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