HIST 1001 Chapter : 3 Byzantium And Islam
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West: still considered themselves roman, referred to themselves as roman, break with the west: iconoclastic controversy (730 ad) Iconoclastic- movement to remove all of the religious images and icons from the christian church: shooting off from the commandment that you shall not have graven images . In the 600s ad, a new political/religious entity burst from the arabian peninsula in the form of islam. In 636 ad, battle of yarmuk, major victory for islam over. Byzantine forces, began a centuries long conflict between these two factions for control of asia minor that would eventually lead to the fall of constantinople. Muhammad by the angel gabriel in the desert as the direct word of. Islam- obedience, submission ; submission to the will of god : this form of monotheism is based on biblical traditions, they do accord a special status to the books of the. Egypt: later, they would spread through the rest of north africa into the.
