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2/ Prophet Mohammed's (sal.) connections with Xian culture, childhood on, were direct, intimate, welcome. Then, the meeting of Xian and Moslem peoples during the Crusades heralded the first, great, trans-cultural cross-fertilization of these the two oceans at the planetary level.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 27 Dec 2021

@the_barnes_bot @guggenheimbot Slaying the dragon. Wiki: “The legend and iconography reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades.” St. George and Khezr, the original, shared, Christo-Islamic cultural archetype, presaging the wedding of these two great currents, in our time.

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