The History of Islam is the history of the Islamic faith and the world it shaped as a social, cultural, and political phenomenon. Islam's history can be traced back to its origins in Arabia in the 7th century with the emergence of the prophet Muhammad.Within a century of his death, an Islamic state spread from the Atlantic ocean in the west to central Asia in the east. The later empires of the Abbasids, Mughals, and Ottomans were among the largest and most powerful in the world, while Islamic scientists and philosophers had a tremendous impact on world history as well.