The Emergence of Islam, history homework help

Describe the basic foundational elements of the Islamic faith and empire. Compare the vitality of Islamic philosophic and artistic culture with the lack of scholarly progress in the Byzantine Empire. Focus on how the Byzantine arts were further hampered by the Iconoclastic Controversy and the Crusades.

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