Byzantine-Sasanid rivalry on this soil was resolved by Islam, not by either power.
Evidence
A thousand years earlier, in the sixth century, in the same countries, two rivals, the Byzantine emperors and the Sasanids of Iran, embodied rival civili zations and rival visions of the world. Both Sasanids and Byzantines were con quered and overwhelmed by Islam. Both the Ottoman Sultans and the Safavid Shahs were swept aside by new forces from outside and also from inside their realms. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 313
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Islam unified warring Arab tribes through shared ideology rather than blood ties.; Medieval Christendom and Islam recognized overlapping bonds instead of single sovereign authority.; Muslim conquest initially left Byzantine administrative structures and personnel untouched (+1 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Islam unified warring Arab tribes through shared ideology rather than blood ties.; Medieval Christendom and Islam recognized overlapping bonds instead of single sovereign authority.; Muslim conquest initially left Byzantine administrative structures and personnel untouched (+1 more)