ruveyn wrote:
jojobean wrote:
Inventor: how did the roman empire lead to Islam?? I am curious, I never heard this before and would like to hear more about it.
Islam arose in Arabia circa 600 c.e. The Roman empire had dissolved by then.
The Romans were never able to defeat the Parthians. So that area of the world never came under Roman domination. It was Rome's fault for losing I guess.
ruveyn
Actually, the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine empire had still been in existence in the 6th century, and had tangled with the Muslims. I don't believe that the Roman government had had any direct influence on the birth of Islam, but Mohamed in fact had been greatly influenced by both Christian and Jewish theologians he had met along the trade routes, who it could be argued were there in the first place due to Roman commerce. But that's the only connection I see, as indirect as it is.
-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer
19 May 2011, 5:22 am
