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US spy satellites uncover 7th-century battlefield that shaped Islam’s spread

In a historic discovery, US spy satellite imagery from the 1970s revealed the exact location of a decisive battle in the seventh century that marked the spread of Islam throughout the known world. The ...
Washington Examiner

Islam, America, and providing 21st century context to a 7th century book, the Quran

Americans receive a lot of mixed messages about Islam – a religion with over 1.7 billion adherents – in part because it takes many forms. Its holy book, the Quran, was revealed in the 7th century, ...
insider.si.edu

Byzantium and Islam : age of transition, 7th-9th century / edited by Helen C. Evans, with Brandie Ratliff

This magnificent volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Empire's ...