Episode 005 - A Son of Quraysh II

A portion of Muhammed's followers flee to Abyssinia where they hope to practice their religion freely, Quraysh try to retrieve them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Part two of our look at persecution of Muslims in Mecca. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Our glorious return is underway! This episode we embark on a recap to re-freshen memories and then go right into where we left off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Before we can talk about the caliphs, we need to build on the context we established last time. The caliphs will rule over the community first united by Mohammad ibn Abdallah, of the Hashemite clan of the Quraysh, main tribe of the city of Mecca. 

We finally end our tour of the Empire by examining the Byzantine state. By focussing on the government, the church and the army we see how the Empire is shaping up since the fall of the West and how it is set up to deal with the world we explored in the previous five episodes. Pa ... Show More

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With the confusion of Omar’s assassination and succession behind them, the Arabs were now ready to welcome the reign of yet another of their prophet’s close companions. In this episode we’ll talk more about the new caliph, and take a tour of his many and growing domains. 

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The Emperor Zeno is now back in charge and has to deal with the members of the conspiracy that ousted him. In the first half of the episode we see how he handled his enemies close to him and in the second we look at his relationship with the Goths. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/ ... Show More

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