Islam and the Spread

The rise of Islam was around 632 to 700 , which was also when Hijrah was started which is when the Islamic calender begins.   Around the 7th Century in Arabia it was mostly polytheistic.  the Islamic state expanded very rapidly shortly after the death of Muhammad, through the successes of converting new believers to Islam and also from military conquests.  The expansion of the country.  Muhammad had great success by establishing the new faith, but Muhammad died in 632.  Shortly after that Abu Barkr, tried to put an end to Paganism.  Bedouins are travelers that lived in the dessert, around the Arabian Peninsula.  But also around those ideas there was a lot of Jewish and Christain people.  Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 570. Muslims always believed that Islam was a religion but slowly got more humane by a few prophets over time. Islam was fully a faith during the 7th century, because of Muhammad. Muhammad was a spiritual man, and while he was alive he spent a lot of time on Mount Hira, meditating. He once was meditating on a mountain around 610 in a cave and had a visit by an angel named Jibreel who wanted Muhammad to recite what we were doing. While Muhammad was reciting, he said “Allah”, which became the word for God. Later in Muhammad’s life, he became the messenger of Allah. He accepted the faith and become a prophet of Allah. Muhammad led his community until he died in 632 CE.Muhammad begin the new religion called Islam and a "calling from God."  Muhammad left Medina and then came back to Mecca. slam spread through conquests in the Middle East. The conquests started to inspire the religion, especially in politics. Islam benefited from the military through out of Arabia.  But most of the conquests where not for religious war, but it did help the religion. In Qur’an a lot of pages supported the military actions against non-Muslims.   The majority of the people were Muslim. But after Muhammad’s death, Muhammad had given the people religious force and then got reinforced for the military conquests. Some tribes said that their loyalty was due to Muhammad.  Islams most popular was under the Umayads empire.   And the Prophet did not leave clear understandings that should lead the community. Their are many written from thing period from the early Muslim victories but much of the information seems to be unreliable and also written in present things to the victories to their God.