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The Rise of Islam c.550–750
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From Arabia to empire

From Arabia to empire

Flowchart showing Arabia before Islam, Muhammad's leadership, the early caliphate, and Umayyad rule, with Byzantine and Sassanian exhaustion feeding into the early caliphate The rise of Islam is easiest to follow as a chain: Arabia before Islam, Muhammad's leadership, the early caliphate, then Umayyad imperial rule. Each stage changed the scale of Muslim power, from local preaching in Mecca to a vast empire by 750.

The Rise of Islam c.550–750 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Rise of Islam c.550–750

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level History The Rise of Islam c.550–750. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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