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By 652 the Islamic empire had reached the borders of India. In 653 an Islamic navy seized Roman Cyprus, and by 670 the Roman Capital Constantinople, itself was under siege, though the Muslim army never broke through. Indeed, Muhammad’s former standard-bearer -- by then a rather aged warrior -- died of illness in that abortive campaign and was buried outside the city walls. ~ Page 74

Over subsequent centuries, Islam was to spread acros the Sahara to West Africa, along the East African coast as far as Mozambique, and east to Western China, India, Indonesia, and even the Philippines. Today it is one of the world’s three largest religions, has five hundred million followers, and is a major player on the world geopolitical stage. Yet its emergence 1,400 years ago -- like so many other aspects of the modern world -- owed much to the political, economic, epidemiological, and religious factors that flowed from the climatic chaos of the mid-sixth century ~ Page 74
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