Middle East, 750-900 (Saint Muhammad)

The following is a timeline of the Middle East in the Saint Muhammad timeline, during 150 years from 750 to 900 AD.


 * 751: Model_of_Second_Temple_of_Jerusalem.jpg Simeon's heir, is named Duke of Damascus. Simeon also decides to rename Yesû (a name which he often considered bland and which Afrêm had more than once called only a temporary name) into the name of "Maranatha" (meaning "Come, Oh Lord" in Aramaic). Abraham, Levantine king, noticing war has been averted in the Middle East, disbands most of his army and begins planning the building of a Third Temple of Jerusalem, claiming it will be "larger and more luxurious than any before, fitting only for God himself". He begins choking the Via Maris so to get higher prices and hence supply his building attempts and base resources.
 * 752: Simeon, in an act angering many, declares his intention to re-write the Nestorian Bible based on what he claims to be the "true words of Patriarch Nestorius". Thousands of scribes are convoked to the city of Babylon so to begin work. The main changes on the Nestorian Bible are eliminating or modifying the passages advocating intolerance and violence in a "holy war" kind (something needed in a state where Christianity only formed slightly over half of the population, and its main cult was a plurality and not a majority) as well as any verses advocating iconoclasm (Nestorian society had developed into a highly anti-iconoclastic one) and stating that good deeds were not sufficient for salvation. This makes the the vanguard of ethics in the Christian world. King Ptolemy of Egypt begins building heavily on temples for both main religions in his nation (Copts and Pagans) in Upper and Lower Egypt respectively. He divides several areas of Lower Egypt to be ruled "by Pagans for Pagans". He also arranges a royal marriage with Simeon, marrying his sister Hina.
 * 753: Shapur begins work on rebuilding Persepolis. He also begins lifting the opression of minorities in the Empire, once again allowing the Mazdakists and Nestorians freedom of worship.