Turns 65-145
The Medieval Age
Nothing characterized the Arabian Medieval Era like exploration, and faith. It was in this time that Arabia met the nations of Greece, Rome, Morocco, India, Spain, and the Zulu. Of these, immediately missionaries were sent to Greece, Morocco, Rome, and India, aswell as the Ottomans, and Egypt. Though most took kindly to these missions, Greece must have been angered, even though their citizens worshiped no God, for they denounced the Arabian peoples.
The 2 Great Prophets
The Prophet Moses
In 925 BC, a white, near lifeless body washed upon the shores of the Nile, near the palace in Cairo, Egypt. The daughter of the famous Pharaoh Ramses the Second, walked to shore, and ordered the local guards to bring the body to bed. It looked like the white, lifeless body would never wake up, but when the guards and the girl were prepared to throw the body in the river, the man woke up. Proclaim, did he: "My name is Moses, and I come here with a message, a message from God! I am here to lead my children from Egypt and into our promise land, the land that is rightfully ours!"
After he was properly fed, and back on his feet, he personally convinced the Pharaoh to accept the Arabs and all Muslims, who had earlier been put into slavery because they did not follow the local pantheon, and later rallied Muslims, and led them all to the holy city of Mecca, and, like all good Muslims, they climbed Mt. Sinai. Along their way he preached the importance of prayer in Pagodas, and the importance of religious texts, and it was on the top of Mt. Sinai, were he and his followers, in the midst of God, wrote the Quran, what is now the most sacred of books.
Eventually, Moses died, but in sight of the promise land, the holy city of Mecca. His followers, however spread his word and popularized his ideas, until throughout the world, all of his ideas were accepted, and Moses was among the Prophets of Islam.
The Prophet Muhammad
700 in the year of our Lord, a man by name of Muhammad was recognized as an official Prophet of Allah. He prayed for years isolated on Mt. Sinai, until one day, the Archangel Gabriel came and told Muhammad it was his duty to reform the Quran, and bring truth back to the Holy Book.
Among the time he was preaching, a new city had just been founded: Damascus, and after he taught his reforms to the peoples of Mecca and Medina, he traveled to Damascus. In the land where the 2 rivers meet, on the outskirts of Damascus and Jerusalem, the Prophet Muhammad ascended, establishing both Jerusalem and Damascus as Holy Sites of Islam.
The 2 Failed Monuments
It was in this time to great Monuments to the Arab peoples were almost constructed, though both ultimately failed.
The first of these 2 was Petra, it was to be a beautiful, man-made oasis and market that would stand as a monument to the wealth, and faith the desert brings. But as it was nearing completion, a great sandstorm swept into the city, and the project was postponed, but the local clergy decreed it was a sign, and so the project was abandoned.
The second of those 2 was the Great Mosque of Djenne. But in the final stages of its construction, the Great Prophet Muhammad called for a public meeting with the Caliph. He claimed it was an "absolutely un-holy creation that defied Allah's word. Also what is Djenne? Is that a city? Is it even a place? I mean seriously?!" With those immortalized word, the project was abandoned.
A Grand Temple in Mecca
To make up for the lost project, Harun decreed that a Grand Temple shall be constructed in Mecca, with no expense spared. The project is still under-going to this day.
OOC Notes
Man! I missed Petra by 2 turns, and Great Mosque of Djenne by 1. That is seriously upsetting, and I'm willing to bet that someone used a great engineer, and isn't dedicated to their religion. Grr. In other news, I'm making 88 fpt, that a missionary every 2 turns. I'm a bit behind in tech, but I'll work on that, I'm soon going on my conquest with Camel Archers, so now isn't the best time to tech up.
Anyway guys, hope you enjoyed, and have a good one!
EDIT: oops! Forgot the pictures!
stupid, stupid, stupid...