RLG350H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Strongest, Persian Gulf, Military Of The Sasanian Empire
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Rlg350 life of mohammed - lecture 1. We know him from the qur"an and his preaching. Will get to know him from reading the qur"an. The status of mohammed in the muslim society. Mohammed founder of a religion, polity (common weath) We continue to live in the shadow of his life. We want to know things as certain as we can. For example muslims say when mohammed was born, a light shone from arabia to syria and an earthquake shook the persian empire. Non-miraculous although he is a prophet and the messenger of god, to us he is a historian. If we find a coin with the name of mohammed extreme importance. The first mention of the name of mohammed is from 636. He died 632 4 years after he died, there is a mention of his name found in a gospel. It was written that mohammed and his followers defeated the romans.
