Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Central Asia Season 1 Episode 8 The Arrival of Islam

The absorption of Central Asia into the Islamic world completely transformed the region and its peoples. Study the four phases of the Arab conquest of the Eurasian steppe in the seventh and eighth centuries, and the resulting cosmopolitan Islamic civilization which integrated the cultures of nomadic and sedentary peoples. Trace the history of rule in the region by the Abbasid caliphate.