A fascinating in-depth analysis of the Muslim-ness of Dune

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This tiimeline states

1 AG

  • The Spacing Guild is formed and establishes monopoly on space travel and banking, establishing more uniform and orderly interstellar travel and finance, as well as the imposing of the restrictions of the Guild Peace.
  • The CHOAM (Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles) is founded. Arrakis becomes the most important planet in the Known Universe, due to the Spice.
    …

10190-10191 AG

  • House Atreides moves from Caladan to Arrakis. It is attacked there by House Harkonnen. Leto I dies, Paul and Jessica go into the deep desert.
  • Birth of Alia Atreides.

Things don’t suddenly happen in the dune universe.

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