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Islamic World
Oliver Benjamin Hemmerle
See also World War I; World War II
he spread of Islam and the conquests of Muslim
Tarmies in the decades that followed the death of the
Further Reading Prophet Muhammad in 632 were events of world his-
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practice of war, 1618–1878. London: Arms and Armour. Umayyad dynasty (661–750) the Islamic caliphate