Early Islamic period

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era of Islamic history historical period

The Early Islamic period is the era beginning in the 7th century marked by the rise and expansion of Islam, the establishment of the caliphates, and significant political, cultural, and religious transformations across the Middle East and beyond.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Early Islamic period canonical	19
Islamic period	2
Early Islamic Egypt	1
EarlyIslamicSociety	1
Medinan period of Muhammad	1
early Islamic Caliphates	1
precedes High Islamic period	1

Statements (94)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of Islamic history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
chronologicalRelation	follows Late Antique period ⓘ Early Islamic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: precedes High Islamic period
culturalDevelopment	development of early Islamic architecture ⓘ development of early Islamic art ⓘ emergence of Arabic as an administrative language ⓘ formation of Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ formation of hadith literature ⓘ standardization of Arabic script ⓘ translation movement of Greek and Persian works ⓘ
dominantPoliticalSystem	caliphate ⓘ
economicFeature	expansion of long-distance trade routes ⓘ introduction of Islamic coinage ⓘ
geographicScope	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Persia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ⓘ Caliph Abu Bakr ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr Abu Hanifa ⓘ Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Amr ibn al-As ⓘ Harun al-Rashid ⓘ Ja'far al-Sadiq ⓘ Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ Khalid ibn al-Walid ⓘ Malik ibn Anas ⓘ Muawiya I ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas ⓘ surface form: Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ Caliph Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ surface form: Uthman ibn Affan Hasan ibn Ali ⓘ surface form: al-Hasan ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ surface form: al-Husayn ibn Ali Al-Jahiz ⓘ surface form: al-Jahiz Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ surface form: al-Khwarizmi Al-Kindi ⓘ surface form: al-Kindi al-Ma'mun ⓘ Al-Mansur ⓘ surface form: al-Mansur Al-Shafi'i ⓘ surface form: al-Shafi'i Al-Tabari ⓘ surface form: al-Tabari
hasPart	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ early Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
includesDynasty	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ Emirate of Córdoba ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba
mainReligion	Islam ⓘ
notableMonument	Dome of the Rock ⓘ Great Mosque of Córdoba ⓘ Great Mosque of Damascus ⓘ Great Mosque of Kairouan ⓘ
politicalCharacteristic	centralized caliphal authority ⓘ provincial governance by emirs and governors ⓘ rapid imperial expansion ⓘ
religiousDevelopment	development of early kalam schools ⓘ emergence of Kharijite movements ⓘ emergence of Shia Islam ⓘ emergence of Sunni Islam ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Badr ⓘ Battle of Karbala ⓘ Battle of Nahavand ⓘ Battle of Qadisiyyah ⓘ Battle of Uhud ⓘ Battle of Yarmouk ⓘ Battle of the Trench ⓘ Conquest of Mecca ⓘ First Fitna ⓘ Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Hijra of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina Muslim conquest of Egypt ⓘ Muslim conquest of North Africa ⓘ Muslim conquest of Persia ⓘ Umayyad conquest of Hispania ⓘ surface form: Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula Muslim conquest of the Levant ⓘ Ridda Wars ⓘ Second Fitna ⓘ Treaty of Hudaybiyyah ⓘ codification of the Quran ⓘ foundation of Baghdad ⓘ foundation of Basra ⓘ foundation of Fustat ⓘ foundation of Kufa ⓘ revelation of the Quran ⓘ rise of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
startTime	7th century ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydda (modern Lod, Israel) → historicalPeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

subject surface form: Lydda

Caliph Abu Bakr → era → Early Islamic period ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Bakr

Sidon → historicalEra → Early Islamic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic period

Hijra → relatedTo → Early Islamic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medinan period of Muhammad

Damietta → historicalEra → Early Islamic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic period

Coptic script → historicalPeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Islamic Egypt

Jaffa → hasHistoricalPeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Al-Walid I → era → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Early Islamic period → chronologicalRelation → Early Islamic period self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: precedes High Islamic period

Pre-Islamic Arabia → followedBy → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Banu Taym → timePeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Battle of the Trench site → timePeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl → historicalPeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Battle of Uhud site → timePeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Muslim conquest of Persia → historicalEra → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Battle of Heliopolis (640) → historicalPeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Khunays ibn Hudhafa as-Sahmi → era → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Battle of Badr site → era → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Byzantine solidus → circulatedIn → Early Islamic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: early Islamic Caliphates

Tamiathis → historicalPeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Sepphoris → timePeriod → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Yazid II → era → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Eastern Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem → historicallyAssociatedWith → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Khirbet Qana (alternative scholarly identification) → timePeriodOfMainOccupation → Early Islamic period ⓘ

subject surface form: Khirbet Qana

Madaba → historicalEra → Early Islamic period ⓘ

Fatimah al-Kubra bint Husayn → culturalSphere → Early Islamic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: EarlyIslamicSociety