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In the tumultuous period of the seventh and eighth centuries in Byzantium, the Eastern provinces were lost by conquest to Islam. These events persuaded Emperor Leo III that God was punishing the Empire for its idolatrous worship of icons. Based on this, what did Leo III initiate?

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These events persuaded Emperor Leo III that God was punishing the Empire for its idolatrous worship of icons because Leo III initiated there was absolutely no use of idols or images. Leo III was emperor from 717 to 741 AD.

Your answer is: Emperor Leo III prohibited images or idols.

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