Daily Medieval

In the first part , we looked at the introduction of Christianity into what became Ethiopia during the 4th century. The Muslim presence in t...

During the Battle of the Trench between the Quraysh of Mecca with their Confederacy and Muhammad and the Muslims who had headquartered in M...

While the Battle of the Trench was happening, the outnumbered Muhammad in Medina looked to break up the attacking Confederacy by sending me...

After the Battle of Badr and the Battle of Uhud , the next encounter between the Quraysh of Mecca and the Muslims who followed Muhammad was...

After the Battle of Badr  and the deaths of some of the Quraysh leaders, the leader of the large caravan involved, Abu Sufyan, became leader...

Mecca was occupied largely by the Arab Quraysh tribe—a grouping of many clans. Muhammad was born into one of these clans, the Hashim. Muhamm...