ARIC 343/3343 - Early Islamic History (3 cr.)

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In the space of a few centuries, Islam went from being a local Arabian religion to a global religion led by a continent spanning empire. This course examines Islam’s emergence and the rapid expansion of the Arab-Islamic communities under the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties covering the period from the seventh to the mid-tenth centuries.

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