Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 25
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa. Sa. THE HOLY PROPHET. OF. ISLĀM. HADRAT MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA (Peace and Blessings of Allāh be upon him) 1. The World Before Islām. The world before Islām was quite different from what it is today. . The two main powers at that time were the Roman Empire and the Persian. Empire. . For many centuries the countries of the Mediterranean basin had been part of the Roman Empire. A settled countryside produced grain, fruits, wine and oil, and trade tarried along peaceful sea routes; in the great cities, a wealthy class of many origins shared the Greek and Latin culture of the empire. From the fourth century of the Christian era, the center of imperial power had moved eastwards. Constantinople replaced Rome as the capital city; there, the emperor was the focus of loyalty and the symbol of cohesion. Later on, in Germany, England, France, Spain and northern. Italy, barbarian kings ruled, although the sense of belonging to the Roman. Empire still existed; southern Italy, Sicily, the north African coast, Egypt,. Syria, Anatolia and Greece remained under direct imperial rule from. Constantinople. In this shrunken form, the empire was more Greek than 25