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Muslim conquests

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Muslim conquests

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Also known as Early Muslim conquests

historical process in 7th–8th centuries CE

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The Muslim conquests were a series of rapid military campaigns that took place in the 7th and 8th centuries CE, in which armies from the newly unified Islamic state expanded across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe. This expansion fundamentally reshaped the political, religious, and cultural map of these regions and established Islam as a major world civilization.

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Belligerents

First Islamic state (until 632) Rashidun Caliphate (632–661) Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)

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