Rise and Spread of Islam

Spread of Islam Map: Pg. 26-27 in Historical Atlas of the World

Spread of Islam Map: Pg 12 (WSB)

Islam is started by the prophet Muhammad. He starts preaching of Islam and but flees to Medina in 622 CE. He later returns to Mecca in 630 CE and converts many people to Islam. This is when the religion of Islam officially begins.

Koran- Holy book of Islam. (Pg. 9-10 in WSB).

Baghdad was built in 762 to show the wealth of Islam. It was a very good trade center for Islam which helped in the success of Islam. Islam had trade in the east and the west. Other major cities of Islam were Cairo in Egypt and Cordoba in southern Spain.

Around 800 CE- Islam spreads through Jerusalem and up to the Byzantine Empire. It spreads through north Africa and into Spain. It travels east as far as the cities Lahore and Tashkent. It also travels as far south as the horn of Africa which is also present day Somalia. This is all the conquests under the Abbasid rule.

Islam originally spread into France as well as Spain but Charlemagne's son pushes the Muslims out.