Hi everyone. What you're about to hear is an explanation of how to buy the origins of

Islam episode which I recorded back in 2014. This is me talking in 2015 where there are

several more sale episodes available and an RSS feed with all the special shows which

you can now buy. If you're really enjoying the history of Byzantium and think you might

want that feed or would like to know more about the other episodes, then check out the

podcast which comes after number 77 in your feeds. It will give you all the information.

Now back to me from 2014. Hello everyone. This episode of the history of

Byzantium is here to tell you more about the origins of Islam podcast which is now on sale

at the history of Byzantium.com. If you're not interested in that at all then you can switch

off now but if you're even a little curious then let me just give you today's itinerary.

First I will be explaining why I recorded the podcast and give a brief sales pitch for

it. Then I will be going through how you can buy it and talking a little more about

the next fundraising podcast. Finally I will go through some potential troubleshooting

solutions in case your purchase doesn't go smoothly. For those of you who ignored me and

went ahead and bought the episode you can now go and download it. But please don't email

me with technical questions until you have listened to the rest of this episode.

Okay, so if you're really not interested then you can switch off now and I will be back

soon with the next free episode as the Arab conquerors move into Byzantine and Susanne

territory. For the rest of you I think I should just remind you why the episode on the

origins of Islam exists. Like a lot of you I had a vague assumption that the Arabs inspired

by a new religious enthusiasm through themselves at the Roman army not caring if they died

and thus won a famous victory through zeal. But in investigating the various Arab historians

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