Islam / Arab Success Why did Islam and the Arabs succeed in spreading throughout the Greater Middle-East / Gulf against the Byzantines and Persians?

Religion has been a major influence on the course of human history. In the Middle East, religion has been the impetus for discord since before recorded times. This area of the world has had central religious attention because of the location of the Holy Land in both Jewish and Christian theologies. At one point, the Byzantines and Persians controlled the landscape of this part of the world, but lost leadership in the face of Islam and Arab cultures. In the present moment, one of the primary religions in the Middle-East and Gulf regions is Islam. People who are a part of the Islam religion or people who are Arab have been able to spread their culture throughout the area until this has become the majority way of life.

The Islamic people have religion-based tenets which support good thinking and good works. According to Goldschmidt (2006),...

Islamic individuals desired to spread what they believed was a message of understanding and compassion. They were able to do so because they spread their message of tolerance and understanding. The Arabs, although severely outnumbered by other political and geographical peoples were able to choose their battle effectively which ensured that the won the military skirmishes with their enemies. One particularly effective technique utilized by the Arabs was to draw the enemies into open territory where they would be surrounded by individuals well prepared for the open landscape.
Some historians have inappropriately and erroneously assumed that all Arabs were Islamic and vice versa. However, many Arabs were members of the Christian church but had become disenchanted with the Byzantine government. What the two groups did have in common…