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Muhammad was the founder and leader of Islam He was born into the Banu Hashim clan, a prominent Meccan clan.
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While meditating, Muhammad is supposedly visited by an angel. This angel told him he is the prophet of God and told him to recite revelations. He did and this gave him followers.
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Muhammad is forced to move to Medina after he hears of assassination plans against himself. This event allowed Muhammad to shape a new community with his beliefs.
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After successfully uniting many of the Arab tribes under the banner of Islam, Muhammad established the rituals of the Hajj during his “farewell pilgrimage” to the Ka’bah in Makkah. He became ill and died as his army prepared an expedition to Syria.
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Muslim culture spreads further as they take over the fertile crescent, North African Coast, parts of Persian and Byzantine Empires
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This is before the Umayyad role, and the end of the “righteous caliphs.”
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Muslims and Indians enter Spain from opposite sides. This event is where they took over a lot of land.
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Prevents empitre from further advancing Northward. Defeated by Charles Martel. The Battle of Tours pitted European Christians against Muslims. The Muslimswere trying to advance on the Christians by way of the Iberian Peninsula. This is important because it preserved Christianity in a time when Muslims were conquering other places such as Rome and Persia.
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Now many people can convert other Africans to Islam increasing the population of the Islam religion.
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The spread through Asia made the world has more knowledge about the religion. Islam became a world religion.