Muslim Diaspora (Volume 1, 570-1500) - Jenkins, Everett, Jr.

Examines Muslim history from the birth of Mohammad to 1799, a period that included Islam's birth and dynamic growth, its spread to the Americas, and the decline of powerful Muslim states of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires. Muslim contributions to Western civilization - such as new kinds of agriculture, manufactured goods, and technology - are discussed in detail.