Chapter Summary: Islam, Duiker and Spielvogel

The world of Islam
The rise of Islam came about in south-west Asia from the Semitic-speaking Arabs. Both the Arabian Peninsula's arid climate and isolation from other civilizations of the time would prove to contribute to the unique religion which was to form. Islam began around the birth of the prophet Muhammad (570 CE) and would prove to be a successful and flourishing civilization later on.
In pre-Islamic times, the Semitic-speaking group of Arabs was polytheistic, meaning they believed in more than one god, but during the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570-632 CE) this would ch…