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The prophet, Muhammad, was born in the city of Mecca in the year 570 C.E.
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His 1st revelation came to him while ontop of a mountain, he recieved news of a one god, Allah. It took many years for him to find the courage to tell people outside o his family
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After threats from the Ummayad clans, Muhammad was forced to flee his home city of Mecca to Medina.
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Muhammad and the Muslims had gained power from Mecca once th Meccans had joined them.
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Muhammad died after a brief illness in Medina. He was buried in the mosque in Medina.
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There were 4 Caliphs that followed Muhammads death.Abu Bakr, Umatr ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, and Ali ibn Abi Talib.
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the holy book had many revlations and was very impotant to the Islamic religion
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The Muslims fought against an important political and military weakness in Persia.
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This conquest ended the Sasanian Empire and the decline of Zoroastrian religion in Iraq.
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The Umayyad Caliphate was the largest covered empire, not by population, but by area. The world has seen of the 4 major Islamic Caliphates that we've established after Muhammaddeath, the second is the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Jerusalem became a Christian city after about 450 years of Islam. Muslim attackers took over for a short period, then power was brought back to crusaders.
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The Dheli Sultanate refers to the many Muslim dynasties that ruled in India from 1206-1526. One of the greatestaccomplishments of the Delhi Sultanate was its defense against the Mongol invasion, but in 1526, the Sultanate was replaced by the Mongol Empire.
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Mongols demanded that Baghdad surrender. The city was no match for the Mongols. They killed about 200,000 people and the last and final Caliph.
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This Caliphate had many great sucsesses over their era. They even moved the capital from the holy city, Mecca, to Baghdad, currently Iraq.
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In 1324, Mansa Musa made a pilgramage to Mecca, consisting of 60,000 men and 80 camels, each camel transports about 300 lbs. worth of gold. Mansa Musa gave out so much gold: it caused its value to drop. He strengthened Islam and gave it more stability to Mali.
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Constantinople was conquered in 1453 by the Ottoman army. Ottoman became a very powerful army. Sultan Mehmed ll, Ruler of the Ottoman Turks, led the attacks.
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King Boabdil surrendered Granada to the Spanish forces. The "Reconquista" was one of the most famous European expansions.
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The Mughal Empire was established by Babur, the first Mongol emperor, and established in 1526. The Mongols were Muslim warriors who invaded India.
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Sufism is also known as the "inner mystical dimension of Islam." Sufis are people who ggenerally push for excellence or perfection.
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The Abbasid Caliphate was the 3rd Islamc Caliphate. This CAlpihate came after the fall of the Umayyad Caliphate.
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