y to one another, their various wars over territory or tribute and was no doubt accelerated by various parts of the Byzantine Empire being occupied by the Islamic Empire throughout the middle ages. Another aspect of society that the two civilizations shared in common that was not common to the Roman Empire was they both strongly adhered to the concept of monotheism. However, just as the military wishes of the monarch in the Byzantine Empire were seen to be carried out as the will of God, so Muhammad and Islamic religion involved politics and manipulation, “In AD 571 the founder of the third great Semitic world religion was born in Mecca. Muhammad, unlike Jesus or the Buddha, combined religious genius with political finesse” (Bowle 93). The Islamic civilization would rise to be the most significant influence and power in the wor
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