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This map illustrates the rise and rapid expansion of Islam from the time of the Prophet Muhammad (622–632 CE) through the great caliphates of the 7th to 9th centuries. Beginning in Arabia, the new faith and its armies spread under the Rashidun...

The rapid expansion of the Mongol Empire in the early 13th century represents one of the most dramatic episodes of conquest in world history. Under Temüjin, known as Genghis Khan (born c. 1162, reigned 1206–1227), the fragmented nomadic societies...

A map illustrating the conquests of Clovis I (466-511/513 CE), King of the Franks.

Conquests of Carlo I Tocco, count of Cephalonia (r. 1376-1429 CE) and Despot of Epirus (r. 1411-1429 CE).

Muslim qubba tombs near Old Dongola, Sudan. 17th century CE.

An illustration from The Libro de los Juegos (13th century CE) that shows a game of chess between a Muslim and a Christian. (Monasterio de El Escorial, Spain)

A map depicting the Muslim invasion into the Levant, then controlled by the Byzantine Empire, in 634 CE.

Caliphate (“Khilafat” in Arabic) was a semi-religious political system of governance in Islam, in which the territories of the Islamic empire in the Middle East and North Africa and the people within were ruled by a supreme leader called...

The siege of Damascus in 1148 CE was the final act of the Second Crusade (1147-1149 CE). Lasting a mere four days from 24 to 28 July, the siege by a combined western European army was not successful, and the Crusade petered out with its leaders...

A map showing the route that Alexander the Great took to conquer Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Bactria.