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Islamic World
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Islamic World

8 stories

Caliphs, scholars, and a golden age of science when Europe was in the dark.

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Muhammad's First Revelation
Muhammad's First Revelation
A 40-year-old merchant goes to a cave to think and an angel grabs him and tells him to recite. Islam begins.
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The Hijra
The Hijra
Muhammad and his followers flee Mecca for Medina. The Islamic calendar starts from this exact moment.
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The Battle of Badr
The Battle of Badr
313 outnumbered Muslims defeat 1,000 Meccans in the desert. Becomes the founding military legend of Islam.
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The Battle of Karbala
The Battle of Karbala
The Prophet's grandson Hussein and 72 followers are killed in the desert by an Umayyad army. The wound that splits Islam into Sunni and Shia.
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The Umayyads Build an Empire
The Umayyads Build an Empire
Within 100 years of Muhammad's death, the Caliphate stretches from Spain to India. Largest empire the world had ever seen.
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The House of Wisdom
The House of Wisdom
Baghdad becomes the brain of the world: algebra, astronomy, medicine, every Greek text translated and improved. Then the Mongols torch it.
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Saladin Retakes Jerusalem
Saladin Retakes Jerusalem
After 88 years of Crusader rule, a Kurdish sultan walks back in. Famously refuses to massacre civilians, even though the Crusaders did exactly that in 1099.
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The Mongols Sack Baghdad
The Mongols Sack Baghdad
The Tigris runs black with ink from books and red with blood. The Islamic Golden Age ends in a single week.
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