The First Islamic State (622-32 CE)

Muḥammad (d. 632), hailed by the white separatist Michael H. Hart as the “the most influential person in history,” introduced Islam to the world in the seventh century CE as a new religion and state. The rapid rise and expansion of Islam is regarded by many historians as “one of the most memorable revolutions” (Gibbon), “a marvel” (Nöldeke), with “few parallels in the history of mankind” (Ali). Many scholarly attempts have been made to account for the remarkable phenomenon of Islam through ...