Are there any other examples in history of this happening? Well, the most comparable religion is Christianity, which is today larger than Islam, but Christianity, you have a long period between Jesus, who is the central figure of Christianity, who is the underlying spiritual figure, and when Christianity really spreads and really becomes an empire, and that really starts with Constantine roughly 300 years after the time of Jesus. What's interesting about the example in this video, the example of Islam, in terms of the religion, Muhammad plays a little bit of both of these roles. He is a spiritual figure. He has revelations, but he is also the founder of an empire. He also governs. He is also a military and political figure.