Skip to content
Map of expansion of Caliphate
DieBuche · Public domain
Event war Middle East

Early Muslim Conquests

632 CE – 750 CE

One of the most rapid expansions in history — Arab armies conquered from Spain to Central Asia within a single century, reshaping the religious and political map of the world.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

Expansion of the Islamic state (622–750)

Early Muslim conquests on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

The full record

This moment was taken from a record with a span of its own.

Conflict · Middle East

Early Muslim Conquests

632 CE – 750 CE

One of the most rapid expansions in history — Arab armies conquered from Spain to Central Asia within a single century, reshaping the religious and political map of the world.

Standing in 632 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Persia Polity · Middle East 400 CE – 1914 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Great Pyramid of Giza Landmark · Middle East 2560 BCE – still standing Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Meteora Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

629 CE Byzantine–Arab Wars 630 CE Great Mosque of Sana'a 636 CE Basra 636 CE Battle of Châlons 636 CE Battle of Yarmouk 637 CE Potala Palace
Image credits1 picture from Wikimedia Commons