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11 09, 2017

West Asian religion – Ottoman and Safavid, Sunni and Shiite

By |2019-09-05T06:34:36-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian religion – Ottoman and Safavid, Sunni and Shiite

Shah Mosque, Ishfahan, Iran (1611-38) West Asia was divided into two big empires in the 1500s AD - the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. Both the Ottomans and the Safavids followed Islam, but they followed two different kinds of [...]

26 07, 2017

What’s the difference between Shiite and Sunni?

By |2018-04-09T23:07:25-07:00July 26th, 2017|History|Comments Off on What’s the difference between Shiite and Sunni?

In the lifetime of the Prophet Mohammed, and for some years afterwards, Islam was a united faith. But by the 650s AD, Islam split into two main sects. They fought bitterly with each other. These two [...]

1 06, 2017

Central Asian religion from Deva to Islam

By |2019-12-02T09:18:34-08:00June 1st, 2017|Central Asia, Religion|Comments Off on Central Asian religion from Deva to Islam

Bamiyan Buddhas (Afghanistan, ca. 500 AD, now destroyed by the Taliban) - Central Asian religion Many different religions Central Asia's wide steppe is very easy to ride horses or camels [...]

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