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 The Arab Conquests

by Alexei Andrievski

 
 
In 632 AD, the Prophet Muhammad died, after spreading his teachings of the One True God in the Arabian peninsula. In the next two years, his successor Caliph Abu Bakr subjugated those tribes that didn't accept Islam. In 634 AD, the second Caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, became the leader of the faithful. It was he who initiated the spreading of Islam outside Arabia, eventually to cover the civilized world from the Atlantic to India. The fierce Arab warriors, ready to die for their faith, took large territories from one empire, and conquered another one completely. Can you match his feat, or stop his advance?