Add spaces: Intheeyesofthedominantsectanditsdevotees,thisperiod,whichseemssolongandimportanttoWesternminds,wasessentiallyasinsignificantastheBabylonianperiod.
In the eyes of the dominant sect and its devotees, this period, which seems so long and important to Western minds, was essentially as insignificant as the Babylonian period.