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 Recently, for my language arts class, I was asked to write a four paragraph essay reflecting what we learned in our history class. The essay is about the spread of the Islam empire, and what we think are the main reasons for the spread.  What is the process of a balloon inflating called? Well, it expands, or becomes larger & more extensive. The expansion of a balloon is pretty similar to the expansion of a religion, take the Islam religion for example. The Islam culture all begin in 610 CE, when Muhammad received his first words from the Allah, stating that Allah was the only god, and how important charity/giving to the needy was. After two years of  Muhammad keeping what he heard to himself, he finally decided to share Allah’s words to the people of Mecca. The people of Mecca did not believe Muhammad one bit, they resisted against him so badly that in 622 CE, Muhammad had to leave Mecca for Medina. While in Medina, he established a new base. Finally, in 628 CE, he m...

The four caliphs of Islam were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. Together, the four make up the Rashidun caliphs, as they were the first to succeed at ruling after the Prophet Muhammad. The first caliph, Abu Bakr reigned the shortest amount of time, 2 years from 632-634 CE. I have a question about his death, as the video only states that he died at age 61, and did not specify the cause. The second of the four caliphs was  Umar ibn Al-Khattāb, or more commonly known as Umar. He reigned for ten years, starting from 634 and ending at 644 CE. During his reign, the Islamic empire greatly expanded, as he was taking over a lot of land. Umar's ruling unfortunately came to an end in 644, where he was assassinated by a Persian slave. The third Islamic caliph was Uthman ibn Affan, or Uthman. He ruled for the long amount of time, 12 years, from 644-656 CE. He is most commonly known for establishing the version of the Quran which we see to this day. His reign came to an end in 656 CE w...