Intro
Intro
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(Feature Photo: Ruins of Carthage in Tunisia, Africa; Photo Credit: Calips, Wikimedia Commons)
680
The Temple Mount is refashioned by the “Umayyads—the all-powerful Sunni caliphate whose armies had conquered the city [Jerusalem] a few decades after Muhammad’s death in the late seventh century A.D,” they then added the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque (The Templars pg. 33)
681
Pope Agatho dies
682
RULERS & ROYALTY: Pope Leo II is installed as Bishop of Rome
683
Pope Leo II dies, aged 72
684
RULERS & ROYALTY: Pope Benedict II is installed as Bishop of Rome
685
RULERS & ROYALTY: Pope Benedict II dies, aged 50, and Pope John V is installed as Bishop of Rome
686
RULERS & ROYALTY: Pope John V dies in his bed, aged 51, and Pope Conan is installed as Bishop of Rome
687
RULERS & ROYALTY: Pope Conan dies and Pope Sergius I is installed as Bishop of Rome
688
Under ‘Abd al-Malik, the Arab conquest of North Africa was resumed, they are opposed by both the native Berbers and the Byzantines, but in the coming years the governor appointed by ‘Abd al-Malik succeeded in winning the Berbers over to their side and they later captured Carthage (in Tunisia) almost ten years later
697
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, begins his rule of Wessex
689
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
690
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
691
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
692
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
693
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
694
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
695
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
696
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
697
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
The Arabs under ‘Abd al-Malik capture Carthage, seat of the Byzantine province, other coastal cities then fell, and the work of pacification and Islamisation continued apace (Encyclopedia Britannica)
698
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia
Muslim armies capture Carthage (in modern day Tunisia) from the Byzantine Empire (A History of the World, Map by Map pg. 94)
699
RULERS & ROYALTY: Ine, the first true West Saxon king in England, is ruling in Wessex, the other major powerful kingdoms in England are Northumbria and Mercia