Golden Age of Islam
Today Islam is one of the world largest religions and the fastest growing faith with about 1. ... Of the worlds three great monotheistic religions, Islam is the youngest, emerging in Arabia in 622 CE (Current Era) with the Hijra (migration), of its founder, the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), and his small band of followers, from Mecca to Medina in northwest Arabia. It was only one hundred fifty years after the emergence of Islam that we come to its golden age which began in the mid 8th century and extended for roughly 400 years until the 12th century where there was much Muslim dominance and conquest, with the spread of Islam from sea to sea and the creation of empires and Islamic states.