Important Events

Important Events

Chapter 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?

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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?