Two of Rome’s Three Heirs: Byzantium & Muslims
Byzantium
The Latin Phase Justinian Theodora Hagia Sophia Blues Greens Theodoric
The Greek Phase Heraclius Theme Greek Fire
Iconoclasm & Schism Leo the Isaurian Gregory II Pepin Irene
“Golden Age” ( ) Barbarians in the West Land Food Education Artisans Plague
Conflict: East v. West Photius Nick I Basil II Romanus Lecapenus I
Crusades Alexius / Urban II Peter the Hermit Anna Comnena Osman Children’s Crusade Internal Crusading
ISLAM
Pre-Islamic Middle East Bedun (nomadic) Clan (family) Tribe (related fs) Shayk (elected) Urban Trade Oral traditions Ka’ba
Mecca Ka’ba Water Quraysh tribe Hashim Clan
Muhammad, PBUH Abu Talib Khadija Fatima Qu’ran Allah Islam Muslims
Early Followers Khadija Ali Abu Bakr Fatima
The Hijra & Community Yathrib Umma “People of the Book” Jihad Mecca
Death of Muhammad d. 632 Abu Bakr Prophet? Khalifa Umar Uthman Ali Rashidun
Islam Hadith Sunna Quran
Tenets of the Faith There is no god but God And Mohammad is His messenger Line of prophets (28) Angels Shaytan Jinn
“Five Pillars” Shahada Salat Zakat Sawm Hajj
Islamic Law Sharia Ulama Dhimmis Jizya
Expansion of the Umma
The First Four Caliphs Continued expansion Away from Medina Damascus Baghdad Rome? Byzantium? Persia? No converts
Conflict Abu Bakr Umar Uthman Shite Imam Sunni Sunna Fatima v. Aisha
Umayyad Empire I Muawiya v. Ali Tariq ibn Ziyad Jabal Tariq Gibraltar Spain, 711 Battle of Tours, 732 Dome of the Rock Mosque of Damascus
Umayyad Empire II Governors Abd al-Rahman Emirate Caliphate Fatimids Cordoba
Abbasid Dynasty Abu al-Abbas Baghdad Harun al-Rashid The Arabian Nights Charlemagne Mongols, 1258 Salah al-Din
Islamic Culture
Medicine Al-Razi (d. 925) Ibn Sina (d. 1037) Avicenna
Science Alhazen (d. 1038) al-kuhl Al-Khwarizmi (d. 844) Omar Khayam (d. 1123)
Literature Rubaiyat Ibn Sina / Avicina Ibn Rushd / Averroes Moses Maimonides Ibn Khaldun Plato - Aristotle - Socrates
Sufis Mysticism Missionaries Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273) Al-Hallaj Ibrahim ibn Fatik Al-Ghazali
Mosque
Harem – “Forbidden”
Conclusion Heirs to Rome Western traditions Emphasis on intellect Greek thought Renaissance
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