History Files
 
 

 

Near East Kingdoms

Arabic States

 

Cairo's Sultan Hasan Mosque, Egypt

Near East

ISLAM & EMPIRE (AD 622)

The Dome of the Rock

Islam

Once the military campaign had begun, Islam spread swiftly to cover western Arabia and its far eastern section.

Kedarite ruins

Arabia

Between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf is Arabia, known as such for at least three millennia.

ISLAMIC EMPIRE PROVINCES & STATES

SUCCESSOR STATES (AD 1258)