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The document provides an overview of the origins and rise of Islam from 600-1200 CE. It discusses: 1) The origins of Islam in Arabia in the 7th century CE under the prophet Muhammad and the formation of the Umma Islamic community. 2) The rapid military conquests of the early Islamic caliphates from the 7th-8th centuries CE that expanded the new religion throughout the Middle East, North Africa and into Spain. 3) The decline of the Abbasid caliphate from the 9th century CE as the Islamic world politically fragmented, though religious identity was maintained by scholars, and various regional powers rose to prominence.
