Islamic Civilizations

Islamic Middle East and Persia
In the centuries after the life of Muhammad, Muslim armies poured out into all surrounding Areas, bringing the lands from Persia to Spain under their control. With this huge amount of land under their control, the Umayyad (and latter, the Abbasid) Caliphates allowed merchants and scholars to easily travel through western Eurasia, bringing goods and knowledge (which the Muslims greatly expanded) through the Caliphate and outward to less advanced regions, such as Western Europe. In 751, papermaking from China made its way to the West through Muslims. Trade introduced Islam to the Africans. In the Middle East, the success of Islam meant that culture would be changed forever. Even after the decline of the Abassid Caliphate, Islam would remain as one of the base institutions of the region. Future states of the region, such as the Safavid, Seljuk, and Ottoman Empires, were all "Islmaic Empires".

Islamic Civilizations Bashkir and Chuvash The Khwarezm-Shâh Empire The Ottoman Empire (1300-1453): West to Danube, East to Euphrates The Patriarchical and the Absolute Caliphates - Comparison of Uthman and al-Mutawakkil The Samanid Empire The Seljuk Empire