The Islamic Empire

The Islamic Empire is one of history’s greatest achievements because it’s a civilization that’s spread greatly through an area as divided as South West Asia. The empire lasted for centuries and affected civilizations around the globe. The Islamic Empire spread rapidly through the region of South West Asia and succeeded in becoming the dominant civilization for hundreds of years due to the appeal of it’s undeniable origin, peaceful principles, and it’s development in expansion. The Islamic Empire was built on the Islamic religion and the astonishing foundation set up by God himself, appealing more and more people to the newly formed empire. The Islamic religion’s origin was appealing for many reasons, one of them being that Muhammad was neither a God, nor someone to worship, but just a messenger delivering the exact words from God himself. The fact that what was being preached was not corrupted or interpreted but …show more content…
When the Islamic empire conquered land they worked with what they found, an already formed foundation, “They met peoples with advanced technologies which they adapted to their new culture. They also took over established ideas, skills, and ways of governing and to use them for their own benefit.” Today, many of the things we use are because of the Islamic development that happened from the 750’s to the 1400’s. The Islamic Empire developed in almost every subject possible mathematics, astronomy, sciences, arts, philosophy, music, and more. Eventually the empire relocated the capital to Baghdad, the heart of trade in South West Asia and under the Abassid rule economy flourished, security was stronger, and large armies were at the empire’s side. As the empire continued to expand they started to overlap other religions but unlike other conquers the Islamic Empire were tolerating and gave the freedom of