After Mohammed’s death in 632, leadership of the Islamic community passed to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, one of Mohammed’s closest companions. Some in the community felt that this succession was not legitimate, and that the title of caliph really belonged to Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ali’s claim was supported by the fact that he was Mohammed’s cousin, his adopted son, his first convert (at the age of nine), and husband of his daughter Fatima. Both sides believe that Mohammed specifically designated their man: Supporters of Abu became the Sunnis, those of ibn Ali the Shiites.
BCE means Before Common Era.
The mercenaries were German in the American Revolution and they were drunk and died on December 26th. They were hired mercenaries indicating that individuals who are mercenaries are hired soldiers yet pretty much citizens, hired to fight and kill.
<span>To Lincoln the Union was perpetual and that once states were part of the Union they couldn't secede. I guess he must have overlooked the 10th Amendment. And, the Civil War wasn't about slavery no matter how often you're told that. The Civil War was fought to destroy the 9th and 10th Amendments to the Bill of Rights.</span>
