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Islam became dominiant in the Arab Region sometime around the 7th century.
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The religion of Islam dates back to the year, 610 CE.
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Muhammad, from 610, began spreading the word of Allah to his followers. The Qur'an was written sometime before this event.
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Abu Bakr became the elected Islamic head of state after the death of Muhammad.
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The Islamic Empire expands far beyond the Middle East going as East as central Asia and as West as Spain.
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After the collapse of the Umayyads, the Islamic Empire started to fragment as it started to accelerate as their replacement.
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The Islamic Empire started to feel threathed by the expansion of the Mongol Empire sometime around the 13th century.
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The Ottoman Empire became a major power in the Middle East with owning most of the territory in it. Most of its population living in the Middle East regions wanted independence and it wasn't until the 19th century before they received help from the British and French to finally become independent countries under their own flag, national anthem and political system.
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In the early 1900s, the Ottoman Empire had already lost control of Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Other Arab regions owned by the Ottoman Empire then created independence movements to create independent Arab states.
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The First World War started and ended. This helped the Arab regions become free from the oppression of the Ottoman Empire.
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The end of World War Two was the time for the Middle East to finally all become independent.
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The Abbasids started to brake up due to political divisions within European influences and encrochment of other foriegn powers, such as the Mongol Empire.
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The Fifth Caliph wanted to adopt Arabic as the main language to be spoken in areas of the Middle East. During his reign, he wanted to unify all Muslim groups under the same language.
