Interesting article. Islam was founded around 622 AD.
To bring it to current focus, the battle at Karbela that settled the matter of Mohammed's sucessr occured in 681 ( I think). The Ali tomb in Najaf the subject of much dissention between the 3rd Div and the locals and the great Mosque at Karbella recall the battle at Karbella pass as well.
I'm sure it had something to do with the internal combustion engine and the Bush administration.
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Since folks are linking this and bumping it again today, I thought I'd point out (as I did on another thread about this theory back when it was new) that this is an example of historical ignorance.
". . .the Roman Empire was finished. . ." sums it all up. .
Sure, right: it was just about this time that Justinian reestablished direct Roman Imperial control of Italy and costal Spain and North Africa. His successors weren't so astute militarily and managed to loose the West again, except for the area around Ravenna. He's bought into Gibbon's lie that there was something called the Byzantine Empire. There was no such Empire: the Roman Empire fell in 1453 after having dwindled to a city-state in part thanks to the 'help' of the Crusaders.
The "Fall of Rome" in 476 is a fiction made up by Gibbon who hated the Christian Roman Empire and love the pagan. 476 was a non-event: the last Western Augustus was retired to a villa in Naples because the Emperor Zeno decided that having a separate administration for the Empire in Italy, parallel with the barbarians running their own affairs was redundant. He gave Odovacar the title "Patrician of the Romans" and entrusted him with the administration of Italy on behalf of the Empire.
When Odovacar tried to set up on his own, the Emperor got another barbarian tribe to replace him in running the place.
The "Dark Ages" was a localized event in Western Europe, precipitated by the military influence of illiterate barbarians. Explanations in terms of global catastrophes make sense only to those who don't know history outside of the all-Western-Europe plus disjointed politically correct 'multicultural' window dressing version taught in American schools.
And I’ll read it tomorrow!
Plague of Justinian started 541. Big outbreak.of bubonic plague clobbered Romans. Well documented and sufficient to explain much social upheaval without a volcano or asteroid hit.
Plague of Justinian started 541. Big outbreak.of bubonic plague clobbered Romans. Well documented and sufficient to explain much social upheaval without a volcano or asteroid hit.
Plague of Justinian started 541. Big outbreak.of bubonic plague clobbered Romans. Well documented and sufficient to explain much social upheaval without a volcano or asteroid hit.