The traditional beginning of the Islamic
civilization is associated with the Prophet Muhammed [about AD
570-632]. Arabic became the almost universal language of arts,
sciences, and letters between 750 and 1250. But do not assume that
all the artists, scientists, and writers were Arabs. The builders
of the civilization came from every ethnic group within the ummah.
Although many were Arabized Berbers, Egyptians, Syrians, and Iraqis
whose present-day descendants would call them Arabs, only a few
were wholly descended from Arab tribesmen and "Islamic" is a more
comprehensive term than "Arabic".
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