Create a 2 page essay paper that discusses Who is the real successor to Rome: The Byzantine Empire or the Islamic Caliphate.concurred parts of Rome in the seventh century where subdued the Christians

Create a 2 page essay paper that discusses Who is the real successor to Rome: The Byzantine Empire or the Islamic Caliphate.

concurred parts of Rome in the seventh century where subdued the Christians in that place but did not stress to force the Christians to live their religion as much as they recognized the Muslims as their masters. In this line of thought and respect, they enjoyed relative ease and space by forcing the Christians in Rome to pay special and extra taxes as an atonement for their religious faith and inclination.

It is important to note and mention that the infighting and wrangles between the leaders of the Islamic Caliphate played a major role in the weakening of the overall power of the Islam caliphate. Specifically, the Abbasid family staged and spearheaded a revolution against the main rulers of the Islam caliphate the Umayyad ruling clan. Thus, when a descendant of the Abbas family who was an uncle of Muhammad staged and killed or massacred them, there was divided loyalty down to the military wings. Thus, it became difficult for the Islam caliphate to consolidate and forge any resistance against the Byzantine Empire in the successive years. The seclusion rule by the Muslims on the way women were supposed to be treated also made them fallout with the locals of the Roman Empire. This made it difficult for them to subdue the Byzantium since they had fallen out with the favor of the locals. In some way, they were fighting against two enemies or opponents thus, it grew practically impossible to subdue the Byzantine Empire.

The Byzantium Empire conducted sustained and repetitive military attacks on the Islam Empire and conquered them under the guise that Rome was their holy land which was left to them by God (Ralph, 15). They captured most parts of Rome from the Islam Caliphate and put them under their rule and might. As much as the Islam military wings tried to recapture that land and place from them in the successive years, the Byzantium Empire repelled such incursions and stamped their authority and foot in that place.

Intuitively, the Byzantium Empire under the