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Important EventsChapter 8 Review: Important Events
c. 486–751 | Merovingian dynasty |
c. 570–632 | Life of Muhammad, prophet of Islam |
572 | Lombards conquer northern Italy |
r. 573–c. 594 | Bishop Gregory of Tours |
587 | Conversion of Visigothic king Reccared |
c. 590 | Arrival of Irish monk Columbanus in Gaul |
r. 590–604 | Papacy of Pope Gregory the Great |
603–623 | War between Byzantium and Persia |
622 | Hijra to Medina; year 1 of the Islamic calendar |
624 | Muhammad and Meccans fight battle of Badr |
661–750 | Umayyad caliphate |
664 | Synod of Whitby; English king opts for Roman form of Christianity |
680–754 | Life of Boniface, who reformed the Frankish church |
r. 717–741 | Emperor Leo III the Isaurian |
726–787 | Period of iconoclasm at Byzantium |
Consider three events: Papacy of Pope Gregory the Great (r. 590–604); Hijra to Medina, year 1 of the Islamic calendar (622); and Emperor Leo III the Isaurian (r. 717–741). How did these events reshape religious faith? What were the broader implications of those changes for social and political life?
Consider three events: Papacy of Pope Gregory the Great (r. 590–604); Hijra to Medina, year 1 of the Islamic calendar (622); and Emperor Leo III the Isaurian (r. 717–741). How did these events reshape religious faith? What were the broader implications of those changes for social and political life?
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