…how did Islam conquer so much and so many after the death of Mohammed?

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Arab conquests – an extraordinary period in the 7th and 8th centuries when the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula conquered the Middle.

In Our Time is a live BBC radio discussion series exploring the history of ideas, presented by Melvyn Bragg since 15  1998. It is one of BBC Radio 4s most successful discussion programmes… Thursday 26  2008 –

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