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Far too many people think that the political reality of the last 200 years extends back 2000

Not astounded at all that you completely missed the point.

Maybe I can spell it out a little bit clearer. I’m saying that Christianity and Islam have been in a power struggle for over 1400 years. It is ridiculous to say that Western Civilization was forged in these events and to not also realize that Middle Eastern civilization was forged by the same events that impacted both civilizations.

I’m excusing neither I’m holding both accountable. Both committed atrocities upon the other in the name of their flavor of God.

Be careful with statements like that because one could just as easily reverse them. Especially when Islam is six centuries younger than Christianity. I would like you to consider for a fact that The holy Land has been conquered many times by many different people because it is important to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

al-Futūḥāt al-ʾIslāmiyya (the Islamic conquests). Is what kicked off that whole back and forth power struggle.

Islamic Conquests (approx. 622-900 CE) 610 CE: Muhammad begins receiving his first revelations on Mount Hira. 622 CE: Muhammad’s arrival in Medina marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar and the first Muslim city-state. 629/630 CE: Mecca is conquered by the burgeoning Muslim forces. 632-661 CE (Rashidun Caliphate): The early successors of Muhammad lead rapid expansion into Byzantine and Sasanian territories. 711 CE: Muslim forces begin their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). By 900 CE: Muslim armies had conquered vast territories in North Africa, the Middle East, parts of Europe, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The Crusades (approx. 1095-1303 CE) 1095-1099: The First Crusade is called by Pope Urban II and results in the capture of Jerusalem. 1099: The Kingdom of Jerusalem is established by the Crusaders. 1144: The Crusader state of Edessa is captured by the Muslim leader Imad ad-Din Zangi, prompting the Second Crusade. 1187: Saladin, the Muslim leader, recaptures Jerusalem. 1189-1192: The Third Crusade, led by Richard the Lionheart and others, fails to retake Jerusalem but secures pilgrimage access. 1202-1204: The Fourth Crusade diverts to sack the Christian city of Constantinople. 1291 CE: The Fall of Acre to the Mamluks marks the final expulsion of the Crusaders from the Holy Land, though the last major Crusades continued into the late 13th century.