Expansion and flowering: the history of Islam from about 700 to 1700   e later Umayyad period

The history of Islam from about 700 to 1700  You are the best umma ever brought forth to humankind, enjoining right conduct, forbidding indecency and having faith in God.

(Qur’an 3:110) is chapter provides a skeleton overview of Islamic history from the end of the second fitna to the eve of the modern period, about 700 to 1700 . It is intended to provide a framework that will be helpful when reading the later chapters. e reader should concentrate on the main trends and the overall picture more than on the names and other details, many of which will appear in later chapters.