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-After the time of Muhammad, the Umma (Muslim community) leadership came from four Rightly Guided Caliphs for about 30 years: Abu Bakr from 632-634, Umar from 634-644, Uthman from 644-656 and Ali from 656 to 661 AD who was the closest blood relative of Muhammad. By 650 AD Islam and its military campaigns had brought most of [[Syria]], [[Palestine]], [[Egypt]] (642) and the Persian Empire (643) under their control, capturing Jerusalem in 638, North Africa in 647 and Cyprus in 649. Some of the nations invaded and now controlled were considered the richest nations in the world at the time and were guarded to the teeth by powerful empires girded with militarism, yet they all fell into Islamic hands.
+After the time of Muhammad, he Islamic caliphs established military control in North Africa. Caliph Umar took control of Egypt in AD 642. In 647, the Muslims attacked the Exarchate of Africa, then under [[Byazantine empire|Byzantine]] control, but withdrew in 648. In 665, the Muslims continued expanding into North Africa. They established the province of Ifriqiya in 703. The vast majority of North Africa was under Muslim control by 709
 ==Demographics==