610-629 Mohammed and a New Moslem Era
This twenty year period covers the year that Heraclius
became Eastern Emperor (610-641) and the flight of Mohammed to Medina in 622 heralding a new Moslem era.
Boniface IV was pope inRome
until 614 and lived the life of a monk, as did his successors.
Emperor Heraclius spent 20 years fighting the Persians and repelling invaders, and in 628 he retrieved the true relic of the cross from the Persians, restoring it toJerusalem .
Like Jesus in his own time, Mohammed did not make anyone in power look at him as a possible rival. He was just one of hundreds of disgruntled men from relatively wealthy families who wanted a part of the action.
Boniface IV was pope in
Emperor Heraclius spent 20 years fighting the Persians and repelling invaders, and in 628 he retrieved the true relic of the cross from the Persians, restoring it to
Like Jesus in his own time, Mohammed did not make anyone in power look at him as a possible rival. He was just one of hundreds of disgruntled men from relatively wealthy families who wanted a part of the action.
And the former Roman provinces, under the control of
Christian bishops embroiled in one theological argument after another -- were
easy pickings.
Labels: 610, boniface iv, hecaclius, medina, mohammed, persians, relic of the cross
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