How Do You Explain the Remarkably Rapid Expansion of the Islamic

question 113

Essay

How do you explain the remarkably rapid expansion of the Islamic caliphate in the seventh and eighth centuries? In what fundamental way was the Islamic empire transformed in the course of that expansion? How did the spread of Islam and the challenges faced by the need to choose successors to Muhammad affect the political structure of the Muslim world?

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