The rise of Islam in Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century is closely coupled with the shaping of a class society among the northern Arabs at that time. In fact Islam was the ideological casing of that social movement, nascent as yet, which culminated in the creation of an Arab state and the expansion of this, militarily and politically, far beyond the limits of the peninsula. This movement, called by Marx 'the Muslim revolution' and by Engels 'the religious revolution of Muhammad' quickly acquired an international character. Iran, the countries of Central Asia and Transcaucasia, the former Byzantine provinces of the eastern and southern Mediterraneanall were soon brought into the body of the Arab state, or Caliphate, and within the embrace of Islam. The social system of North Arabia before Islam has been little studied, and practically all we know for certain is that the patriarchal structure had collapsed by the beginning of the seventh century and that a class society had replaced it. Islam revolutionized the whole life style of Arabs and sowed the seed of the idea of globalization of an Ideology called Monotheism. Monotheism as the foundation of Islam changed the mentality of Arabs as a whole and this was the source of early Islamic Expansionism. In fact, Islamic conquest of different lands was not merely a matter of expanding another land's territory rather the early Muslims sought to globalize Islamic monotheism, i.e. the ideal setting where man can have the best possible relationship with God, world, himself and his fellow men.
The Rise of Abbasids to Power: Abu Al Abbas Al Safah
