"The schisms that arose during medieval Islam’s formulative years dogged the medieval near and Middle East, and have also continued to inform foreign affairs in the modern world. The roots of the Sunni-Shia divide can be traced back to the days of the first caliphs, while the Arab-Persian division that emerged in the eighth century lives on in the modern Middle East in geopolitical rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran."
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Dan Jones, Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages (2021), p. 125
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