Why Did Islam Spread So Fast in North Africa & Spain?
We talked about the spread of Islam in Arabia and Egypt in the previous article, but it didn’t stop there. Less than 100 years after Muhammad’s first conquests, Islam was well-established in Spain. How come?
Byzantine Ashes
As a reminder from the last article, the two regional superpowers, Byzantium (Romans) and the Sassanids (Persians), were uniquely wea…
