Editing Arabization (section)

===Arabization during the early Caliphate===
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The most significant wave of "Arabization" in history followed the [[early Muslim conquests]] of Muhammad and the subsequent [[Rashidun]] and [[Umayyad]] [[Caliphates]]. These Arab empires were the first to grow well beyond the Arabian Peninsula, eventually reaching as far as [[Al-Andalus|Iberia]] in the West and Central Asia to the East, covering {{convert|11100000|km2|sqmi|-5|abbr=on}},<ref name="Taagepera496">{{cite journal|author=Rein Taagepera|author-link=Rein Taagepera|date=September 1997|title=Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia|journal=[[International Studies Quarterly]]|volume=41|issue=3|page=496|doi=10.1111/0020-8833.00053|jstor=2600793|url=http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3cn68807|url-access=subscription}}</ref> one of the [[List of largest empires|largest imperial expanses in history]].