Islam is a religion of the same religion as Christianity and Judaism, but differing beliefs on some aspects.  A key belief of theirs is that Muhammad was the Last genuine prophet spreading his word before his ascension into heaven. The Empires of Islam were the most advanced empires in the world along with China, during Europe's middle ages.  The Christians and Muslims have been fighting for centuries with the Muslims being the targets or several crusades.   They were the Target of massive smear campaigns spread by the church.

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The Quran is the Main holy text Of the Islamic people and worships the same God as the Hebrews and Christian.  The Largest difference between the two is while the Bible Tells the miracles of the apostles and speaks of Jesus as the Son of God, the Quran Treats Jesus as a Prophet and Mainley focuses on the writing of the Prophet Muhammad.  The  verses of the Quran are written and spoken as poems. The Bible is told as quotes of saints, read and spoken as stories and legends of old as well as given large amount of room for interpretation.  The Bible and Quran Hae differing views on events of Prophets, but give praise to the same God.

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Muhammad is Considered by the Muslims to be last Genuine prophet of God.  He was originally born into a clan of powerful merchants who controlled the Trade routes for Mecca, the Holy city and the surrounding cities. He was a man who detested Greed and Corruption and when he Retreated to a cave he frequented to meditate and study, when he was forty years old others saw him again, he spoke of being Visited by the Archangel Gabriel and was told to spread the word of God to the world.  He was met with resistance due to the people of Mecca having spent centuries in idol worship and enjoying the wealth and power it offered them.   The main reason the clan leaders refused his message was that They were afraid Muhammads message would catch on Quickley and the pilgrims would stop coming which would be very bad for business.  Muhammad would eventually lead an army to retake Mecca and by the Time of his death, most of the Arab people would convert to Islam.

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After The prophets passing His father was elected leader of their community and they began to expand their armies quickly to ensure loyalty from the tribes. They had to stop many revolts and were successful in doing so.  Umar suggested that raiding Persia and Byzantium would ensure the tribe loyalty and spread the faith, as such the armies began a campaign of conquest unlike how they acted as mercenaries before.  The Arab army eventually conquered Persia, as well as Egypt and Byzantium, with that, after twenty years since Muhammad Passed, The Heartland of the middle east was firmly under Muslim control.   The armies had a large advantage due to having fought for both sides before and being familiar their tactics as well as having their training. Their second largest advantage was their horses, their speed allowed them to cover vast distances in a short amount of time.

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