Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam

History and Prophecy. It is by way of this concept that Olof Heilo presents the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire as a key to understanding the rise of Islam two historical processes often perceived as distinct from one another. Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam highlights significant convergence [...]
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History and Prophecy. It is by way of this concept that Olof Heilo presents the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire as a key to understanding the rise of Islam two historical processes often perceived as distinct from one another. Eastern Rome and the Rise of Islam highlights significant convergences between Early Islam and the Late Ancient world. It suggests that Islams rise is a feature of a common process during which tensions between imperial ambitions and apocalyptic beliefs in Europe and the Middle East cut straight across todays theological and political definitions. The conquests of Islam, the