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......The Christ and the Prophet Muhammad
Christianity and Islam were driven by two historical figures: Jesus Christ and the Prophet Muhammad. Jesus of Nazareth and Muhammad were born and lived out the drama of their respective lives in the Near East (Freedman and McClymond, 3). This geographical relationship would have meant that both Jesus and Muhammad were familiar with their worlds as men of the Near East environment and legacy. That is, Jesus would have known the Tigris River, and Muhammad the Euphrates, both rivers emanating in Mesopotamia (Freedman and McClymond, 3). Freedman and McClymond say that there is little else about the geographic region that they might have in common, and the authors avoid exploring that link between the two men further. For purposes of this study, however, we know that the focus of life would have been very much on these rivers as source of food and travel. We know that both men would have been familiar with the humble lives of the people who relied upon the rivers to feed their families, and that they would have gained a good knowledge as to what were the mores and beliefs of the people amongst whom they lived. This

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