MHI-01: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOCITIES
Course Code: MHI-01
Assignment Code: MHI-01/AST/TMA/2016-17
Total Marks: 100
6. Write a brief note on the rise of Islam in Arabia in 7th century.
The
Spread of Islam began when Muhammad
(570 - 632) began publicly preaching that he had received revelations from God and
claimed to be a prophet at the age of 40 . During his lifetime the Muslim ummah was established in Arabia by way of their conversion or
allegiance to Islam. In
the first centuries conversion to Islam followed the rapid growth of the Muslim world created by the conquests of the Rashidun
and Umayyad Caliphs.
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