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A small history
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When Muhammad was give the divine message by the archangel gabriel, who he learnt from the religion of islam.
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After Muhammad's death, Abu Bakr is elected islamic head of state. He spread the word of Qur'an, and the islamic empire expanded.
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The Islamic empire expands well out of the arab region, moving to central asia, and west to spain.
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The islamic empire begins to fragment.
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Lasting til 1918, the arabs helped Britah and its Allies greatly in the war with the central powers.
They did this so that the Britains would support the arabs for independance.
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Throughout the second world war and after it was when the arab states found real independance.
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Lasting until 809, Harun al Rashid ruled in baghdad. He helped to firmly establish arabic athe language of s cience and scholarly learning. He also wanted a way to unify the Moslems.