How often do you think about the Roman Caliphate? Classical Antiquity (~100 BCE) Medieval Period (~1000 AD) (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago

Just an Islamic nasheed in Latin, no deeper historical context to it. I thought it was neat.

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Consider Muhammad living 10 more years and seeing the conquest of Jerusalem, his main goal. Jerusalem becomes the holy city for muslims, he is buried next to the tomb of Jesus. The Byzantine clergy mission to evaluate islam's claim, rather then cataloguing it as an heresy, recommends to integrate the Qu'ran as the Gospel of Muahamad. Instead of the Arab-Byzantine war, we have a reluctant mutual recognition. Religious infighting happens, but the Church of Muhammad grows in the Christian population as one of the branches of Christianity. Eventually, one of the emperors converts.

    Of course warlords and empire regions would still fight each other, but instead of having the boring orthodox/roman catholic schism, we would have one between the pope and the descendants of Muhammad and instead of the crusades, a cultural war between the Latin and Arab-speaking intellectual of the time.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago

    An interesting idea, but I feel like Islam would have to rise before Trinitarianism became established. Or Trinitarianism would have to remain controversial until Islam arose, whichever chain of events one prefers.

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    [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    That time I got reincarnated in my Medieval 2 Total War campaign and I used cheat codes to make Byzantium win against the islamic nations

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago

    Just an Islamic nasheed in Latin, no deeper historical context to it. I thought it was neat.

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