Home›Sources›The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InSourcesThe Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-great-arab-conquests-how-the-spread-of-islam-changed-the-world-we-live-in.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-great-arab-conquests-how-the-spread-of-islam-changed-the-world-we-live-inCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-great-arab-conquests-how-the-spread, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/the-great-arab-conquests-how-the-spread-of-islam-changed-the-world-we-live-in}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXHugh Kennedy's narrative history of the early Arab conquests, from the first campaigns out of Arabia through the establishment of Umayyad rule across the Near East and North Africa into Iberia. Kennedy is a professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London, and the book works from the same documented chronicle tradition as his other narrative history in this catalog on the Islamic Near East, extended here to the conquest of Iberia specifically. Use it for the established sequence and dating of the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian peninsula; a claim about later Andalusi cultural or intellectual history needs a dedicated source instead.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (233 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A named academic historian's monograph from a mainstream trade press, working directly from the documented Arabic chronicle tradition; tier 1.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the Umayyad conquest of Iberia, 711 to 718.CitationAuthorWell-attestedHugh KennedyPublisherWell-attestedDa Capo PressPublication YearWell-attested2007Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAfrica, Continents Well-attested This source names Africa directly: "rule across the Near East and North Africa into Iberia."Source The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InHugh Kennedytier 1Arabs, Cultures Well-attested This source names Arabs directly: "Hugh Kennedy's narrative history of the early Arab conquests, from the first campaigns out of Arabia through the establishment of Umayyad rule across the Near East and North Africa into Iberia."Source The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InHugh Kennedytier 1London, Cities Well-attested This source names London directly: "Kennedy is a professor of Arabic at SOAS, University of London, and the book works from the same documented chronicle tradition as his other narrative history in this catalog on the Islamic Near..."Source The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InHugh Kennedytier 1Claims Backed By This Source (233 claims)This source backs 233 claims across the atlas. As facts: 153 well-attested. As cited relationships: 36 holds, 18 connected. Plus 26 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 90 claims: 64 well-attested, 13 connected, 13 general references.Wars & Conflicts, 83 claims: 42 well-attested, 30 holds, 5 connected, 6 general references.Open Questions, 42 claims: 36 well-attested, 6 general references.Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.Spread Events, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested153ArticlesA Coptic Church Estranged From Constantinople, and a Debated WelcomeA Slow Conversion That Made the Berbers Partners in ConquestAl-Qadisiyyah, Nahavand and the Fall of the Sasanian EmpireAmr ibn al-As and the Fall of Byzantine AlexandriaApostasy, Zakat and the Question of What the Ridda Wars Were AboutDisputed Succession, a Jewish Minority, and a Debated WelcomeGuadalete and the Sudden Collapse of Visigothic SpainHow Tariq ibn Ziyad's Crossing Brought Islam to IberiaKairouan, al-Kahina's Resistance, and Decades to Conquer the MaghrebKhalid ibn al-Walid's Campaigns Against the Rebel TribesThe Battle of Yarmouk and the Fall of Byzantine SyriaThe End of a Zoroastrian Empire, and a Conversion That Took CenturiesUmar's Visit to Jerusalem and a Precedent for Ruling Other FaithsOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of Egypt?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of Iberia?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of North Africa?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of Persia?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of the Levant?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Ridda Wars?SourcesThe Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InSpread EventsIslam Reaches IberiaWars & ConflictsMuslim Conquest of EgyptMuslim Conquest of IberiaMuslim Conquest of North AfricaMuslim Conquest of PersiaMuslim Conquest of the LevantRidda WarsHolds36SourcesThe Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live InSpread EventsIslam Reaches IberiaWars & ConflictsMuslim Conquest of EgyptMuslim Conquest of IberiaMuslim Conquest of North AfricaMuslim Conquest of PersiaMuslim Conquest of the LevantRidda WarsConnected18ArticlesA Coptic Church Estranged From Constantinople, and a Debated WelcomeA Slow Conversion That Made the Berbers Partners in ConquestAl-Qadisiyyah, Nahavand and the Fall of the Sasanian EmpireAmr ibn al-As and the Fall of Byzantine AlexandriaApostasy, Zakat and the Question of What the Ridda Wars Were AboutDisputed Succession, a Jewish Minority, and a Debated WelcomeGuadalete and the Sudden Collapse of Visigothic SpainHow Tariq ibn Ziyad's Crossing Brought Islam to IberiaKairouan, al-Kahina's Resistance, and Decades to Conquer the MaghrebKhalid ibn al-Walid's Campaigns Against the Rebel TribesThe Battle of Yarmouk and the Fall of Byzantine SyriaThe End of a Zoroastrian Empire, and a Conversion That Took CenturiesUmar's Visit to Jerusalem and a Precedent for Ruling Other FaithsWars & ConflictsMuslim Conquest of EgyptMuslim Conquest of IberiaMuslim Conquest of North AfricaMuslim Conquest of PersiaMuslim Conquest of the LevantGeneral References26ArticlesA Coptic Church Estranged From Constantinople, and a Debated WelcomeA Slow Conversion That Made the Berbers Partners in ConquestAl-Qadisiyyah, Nahavand and the Fall of the Sasanian EmpireAmr ibn al-As and the Fall of Byzantine AlexandriaApostasy, Zakat and the Question of What the Ridda Wars Were AboutDisputed Succession, a Jewish Minority, and a Debated WelcomeGuadalete and the Sudden Collapse of Visigothic SpainHow Tariq ibn Ziyad's Crossing Brought Islam to IberiaKairouan, al-Kahina's Resistance, and Decades to Conquer the MaghrebKhalid ibn al-Walid's Campaigns Against the Rebel TribesThe Battle of Yarmouk and the Fall of Byzantine SyriaThe End of a Zoroastrian Empire, and a Conversion That Took CenturiesUmar's Visit to Jerusalem and a Precedent for Ruling Other FaithsOpen QuestionsWhat Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of Egypt?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of Iberia?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of North Africa?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of Persia?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Muslim Conquest of the Levant?What Was the Total Death Toll of the Ridda Wars?Spread EventsIslam Reaches IberiaWars & ConflictsMuslim Conquest of EgyptMuslim Conquest of IberiaMuslim Conquest of North AfricaMuslim Conquest of PersiaMuslim Conquest of the LevantRidda WarsComments (0)No comments yet. 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