Theodoric barbarian king Justinian is not promoting the right people not people who are high on social hierarchy instead choses people he thinks will do well in charge empress theodora is one of these people Canon law law of the christian church law that regulates anything that has to do with christian morality justinian insists that all of his lawyers translate the laws into latin Hagia Sophia was the largest christian church for 1 000 years by the year 600 approximately half of justinian s conquests had been lost Muhammad is the chief islamic prophet of gods work In the year 928 Muhammed comes back to the city of mecca with 10 000 followers Basics tenets of Islam The Five Pillars 1 Shahada There is no God but God 2 Ritual Prayer 3 Zakat alms tax 4 Fasting in Ramadan 5 Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca gihad utmost striving might lead to war Islam expansion was extremely successful in a short span of time
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