The Moslem Conquests of the Seventh Century Changed the World

The loss of the unifying force represented by language was a major step towards assimilation and dis pearance. Had islam not come along, the conflict with persia would have continued. Almost everywhere in christendom where jews had lived now formed part of the same political space as babylon. Corliba and basa lay in the same political world. The old frontier between the rival centre in babylonia and the jews of the mediterranean basin was swept away forever.