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While the Byzantine Empire
was fighting off the Persians,
events which would have a
far greater impact on Jerusa-
lem were occurring to the
east. Mohammed, the central
prophet of Islam, was born
around 570 CE on the Ara-
bian peninsula,and had al-
ready gathered a sizable fol-
lowing.