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...n clan chiefs watched skeptically. When the pick struck the ancient well and water surged forth, Quraysh immediately disputed h...
...of the Persian emperor's palace cracked simultaneously, the ancient Zoroastrian sacred fire that had burned for a thousand year...
... to Byzantine markets, diverse peoples, and the remnants of ancient civilizations. For the young Muhammad ﷺ, it was his first e...
...aditionally forbidden by Arab custom. The violation of this ancient compact was both the moral outrage that named the conflict ...
...st sacred element: the Black Stone (al-Hajar al-Aswad), the ancient stone from Paradise set in the Ka'bah by Ibrahim in the cor...
... in contrast to virtually every other major conquest of the ancient world. No executions of the city's leadership, no redistrib...