Islam 1: Muhammad, the first Caliphate, and the core teachings
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The Persian Empire and the Byzantine Empire
Umar is assassinated by a persian prisoner of war in 600 forty four. And heis succeeded by another caliph, utman. Utman oversees further invasions into the persian empire,. A conquering afghan stan and part of what's now pakistan. Also presses westward past egypt and conquers libya. Under utman, there is also an effort to standardize and consolidate the basic religious beliefs and teachings of the amma. The holy book called the kuran, or the recitations, is put into its final standard form, riht. So this is achieved in the year 650.
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