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Islam, a major world religion, began in the desserts of Arabia in 632 AD. Mohammed was the prophet or messenger of Allah who guided the people toward Islam. Mohammed dedicated his whole life to spread the word of Allah and guide people towards heaven. However many of us wonders today how did Islam spread it’s empire through out Asia and Africa from the desserts of Middle East? As we take a look at the history, we see many methods were used in order to spread such an extensive empire. A brief chronology of Islamic Empire: In 570 ad the prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca of the Hashim clan, belonging to the tribe of Quraish. His father’s name is Abdullah and his mother’s name is Amina. Mohammed’s father died before he was born and at the age of six he lost his mother. After the death of his father, his grand father Adbul Muttalib and his uncle Abu Talib raised him. At the age of twenty Mohammed began to work for a widow named Khadijah as a merchant actively engaged with trading caravans to the north. Later in time Mohammed married Khadijah. When Mohammed was forty years old the most important event of Islam took place in the cave of Mount Hira where Mohammed used to meditate. T