History of the Islamic Faith

About the year 570 a child named Muhammad was born and would become the Prophet of one of the world's biggest religions. He was born into a family belonging to a clan of Quraysh, the ruling tribe of Mecca, a city in the Hijaz region of northwestern Arabia. He was considered to be God’s last and greatest prophets by the Muslims. The Islamic scripture, the Koran, resembles Judaism and Christianity, which greatly influenced Muhammad. It …showed first 75 words of 562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 562 total…of Muslims to Spain through the straight separating Africa and Europe. A year later 7000 Muslims invade Gibraltar, almost all of the Iberian Peninsula is under Islamic control. The Umayyads try to conquer the Byzantine capital but fail weakening their government. Abbasids overtakes rule of the Islamic world except of Spain, which was ruled by descendants of Umayyad. The Arabian Nights is a compilation of stories that represents the lifestyle and administration of this Persian government.