Struggle The Catholic Church experienced a split between the eastern and western parts of Europe. ... During the 600s and 700s eastern centers were captured by the dynamic new faith of Islam, with only Constantinople remaining unconquered. ... Medieval Christianity in the West, unlike its eastern counterpart, developed into a single entity. ... During the first centuries of Islam its law and theology, the basic orthodox Islamic disciplines, were developed. ... In the 11th century, attacks on philosophy by orthodox Islamic thinkers, notably the theologian al Ghazali, had much to do with the eve...

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If it followed the pattern of Middle Eastern history up to that point, Islam would have been virtually discarded after its leader's death. ... Middle Eastern leadership, prior to Mohammed, was capricious at its best. ... Leaders of the three major non-Muslim religions, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Christianity, and Judaism, resided in Istanbul and collected taxes which were handed over to the state. ...

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