The Rise of an Islamic Civilisation

Medieval World History

By Dr Caroline Goodson, published 12th August 2015

The Emergence of a Prophet

An HA Podcasted History of the Rise of an Islamic Civilisation featuring Dr Caroline Goodson of Birkbeck, University of London.

Muhammed: the emergence of a prophet.
The rapid rise of Islam
Muslim perceptions of these developments
Scholarly argument in the West
The death of the Prophet and the succession.
The Sassanians and the Byzantines
Assessing the sources.


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