A Short History of Islam

This is a brief history of islam. Check out "ISIS Are Not Good Muslims" (companion video)

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I begin with the story of Muhammad and the first 4 Caliphs. Then I explain the Umayyad & Abbassid Caliphates. I finish with modern colonialization of Africa and the Middle East, touching on the background history of ISIL. I collaborated with Tristan from 'Step Back History' to make this video, and he kindly submitted vocals for the last few minutes about Iraq, Syria, and ISIS.

Major Sourcing From Karen Armstrong's, "Islam, A Short History"

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Sources: Sources:

Law And Power In The Islamic World, by Sami Zubaida

Muslim Internet Directory

A Short History Of Islam, by Karen Armstrong

Crown By Glasshouse - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Mecca By Frans Geffels (fl. 1635–1671) - Own work, Yelkrokoyade, 2012/07/017, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Umayyad money By PHGCOM - Own work, photographed at British Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0, 7

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Iranianrev By Unknown - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Tran_Quoc123 using CommonsHelper., CC BY-SA 3.0,

Mujahideen By Erwin Lux - Private collection; apparently a crop of this image at Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Iraqiinsurgents By Menendj CC BYSA 2.5,

Egypttarir By Jonathan Rashad - Flickr, CC BY 2.0,

Arabspringflags By Lewa'a Alnasr -

Syrian protest By shamsnn - Flickr: Syrian Demonstration 30, CC BY

Syrian civil By Christiaan Triebert - Flickr: Azaz, Syria, CC BY 2.0,

Ali logo By Ibrahim ebi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Abassid arch Heretiq CC BY-SA 3.0,

Seljuq logo By Mevlüt Kılıç - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Safavid logo By SodacanThis vector image was created with Inkscape. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,

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