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In an attempt to strengthen political support against Muslim incursions in Syria and Egypt, Heraclius I tries to placate Monophysites (members of a heretical Christian sect who believed that Jesus Christ had only one, divine nature)—and perhaps respond to the strict monotheism of Islam—by promulgating the doctrine of Monothelitism, the belief that Christ had two natures (divine and human) but only one will. The compromise is ineffective. Muslim troops conquer Syria later this year and complete their conquest of Egypt in 642.
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