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The Spread of Islam and Arabs in the Greater Middle East and the Military Success Name Institution Professor Course Date Introduction The early Islam was located in Saudi Arabia at Medina. Besides the religious leader and founder of the Islam Prophet Muhammad administered it. Due to his death in 632 leadership was left vacant since he did not appoint another leader to succeed him. Islam and the Arabs Success in Spreading in Greater Middle East One of the reasons the Islam and Arabs succeeded is due good military power. The Muslims and Arabs had military power that they used to conquer neighboring kingdoms. Other than that military power and the weakness of these kingdoms which had resulted from earlier wars. The Omayyad and Abbasids Arabs Empire succeeded in all them conquer due to military might too. References Cleveland W. L. & Bunton M. (2016). A history of the modern Middle East. Hachette UK. Hibri Tayeb (2011) "The empire in Iraq 763–861" in Robinson Chase F. The New Cambridge History of Islam Vol. 1: The Formation of the Islamic World Sixth to Eleventh Centuries Cambridge University Press pp. 269–304. Lapidus & ira (2014). A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge University Press. Meri J. W. & Bacharach J. L. (2006). Medieval Islamic civilization: An encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. [...]
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Explain, in detail, the following: Why did Islam and the Arabs succeed in spreading throughout the Greater Middle-East/Gulf against the Byzantines and Persians? What were the military successes of the Omayyad and Abbasids Arab Empires? Include references
