The dark ages in the Middle East following the Arab invasion in starting in 633CE

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Mar 11, 2014 at 07:51

Dr. Pipes

Thank you for your reply and I did mention the Dome of the Rock aka al-Masjid al-Aqsa complex

I would like to see real archaeological dating of these other monumnets

Even the story of the visit of al-Khayzuran the mother Harun al-Rashid to Mecca and Medina can be dated to the 9th century CE and this was the start of the interest of the Abbassids in Mecca and Medina as the cultic centers of what was to become Islam and al-Khayzuran "located" the house where Muhammad used to live.

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