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The Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Persia were the two great powers in the Middle East in the 400s-634 C.E., before the Rise of Islam.
The Moors invaded Europe to defeat the Christian Visigoths in the Iberian Peninsula. They intended to spread Islam across this area, which is now known as Spain.
Education is important for Muslims and non Muslims. Per Islam teachings, educated Muslims are more rewarded than uneducated.
It ended, in some people's minds, in 1453 with the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks.This event lead to the Age of Exploration, considering that the kingdoms of Europe lost the ability to trade with China and India due to the spread of dar al-Islam, the "Land of Islam," with their conquering of Byzantium, which was the center of the trade network from West to East.