The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
CHAPTER XXXII. MUHAMMAD AND ARAB ISLAM
§ 1. Arabia before Muhammad 1
§ 2. Life of Muhammad to the Hegira 4
§ 3. Muhammad becomes a fighting prophet 8
§ 4. The teachings of Islam 14
§ 5. The caliphs Abu Bekr and Omar 16
§ 6. The great days of the Omayyads 22
§ 7. The decay of Islam under the Abbasids 31
§ 8. The intellectual life of Arab Islam 34