":::::::::::And I really don't think ""Islamic empire"" was ever meant to be anything but a kind of dabpage. As a historical periodization it's hopeless vague both geographically (West Africa to India and beyond) and chronologically (7th century right up to the modern era). There have been Islamic empires for sure, but it doesn't make them much more homogenous than ""Christian empires"".
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