Mediaeval and modern history . of Islam, we may compare the Sunna to the body of tra-ditions handed down alongside the Bible in the Christian Church,and which has so greatly influenced the development particularlyof Catholic Christianity. 63. The Conquest of Persia, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. —For exactly one century after the death of Mohammed the caliphsor successors of the Prophet ^ were engaged in an almost unbrokenseries of conquests. Persia was subjugated and the authority ofthe Koran was established throughout the land of the was wrested from the Eastern Roman Emp
Mediaeval and modern history . of Islam, we may compare the Sunna to the body of tra-ditions handed down alongside the Bible in the Christian Church,and which has so greatly influenced the development particularlyof Catholic Christianity. 63. The Conquest of Persia, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa. —For exactly one century after the death of Mohammed the caliphsor successors of the Prophet ^ were engaged in an almost unbrokenseries of conquests. Persia was subjugated and the authority ofthe Koran was established throughout the land of the was wrested from the Eastern Roman Empire and AsiaMinor was overrun. Egypt and North Africa, the latter just 6 Abu Bekr ( 632-634), Mohammeds father-in-law, was the first caliph. Hewas followed by Omar ( 634-644), Othman ( 644-655), and Ali ( 655-661), all of whom fell by the hands of assassins, for from the very first dissensionswere rife among the followers of the Prophet. Ali was the last of the four caliphs. 45 10 35 30 25. 20 15 10 GREATEST EXTENT OF THE SAKACEN DOMI]SIO]VS C. A. D. 750 10 15 20 Longitude 25 East
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