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SPREAD OF ISLAM
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I. INTERNAL CONFLICT A. INTRODUCTION 1. UTHMAN – MURDERED STARTING CIVIL WAR 2. ALI – MURDERED LEADING TO SPLIT IN RELIGION 3. MUAWIYA a) GOVERNOR OF SYRIA
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…MUAWIYA b) CREATED UMAYYAD DYNASTY c) MOVED CAPITAL TO DAMASCUS d) BEGAN DIVISION OF ISLAM
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B. SUNNI –SHI’A SPLIT 1. SHI’A (SHIITE) – PARTY OF ALI a) CALIPH – PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPREAD OF MUHAMMAD’S MESSAGE
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…SPLIT …SPLIT b) SHOULD BE DESCENDED FROM MUHAMMAD 2. SUNNI – FOLLOWER’S OF MUHAMMAD’S EXAMPLE
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…SUNNI a) ANY DEVOUT MUSLIM COULD BE CALIPH b. ACCEPTED UMAYYAD RULE
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3. SUFI a) TRIED TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH GOD b) HELPED KEEP MUSLIMS FOCUSED ON QUR'AN AND TRADITIONS
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…SUFI c) ACTIVE AS MISSIONARIES d) SCHOLARSHIP (1) STUDIED TRADITIONS OF MUHAMMAD (2) ARABIC LANGUAGE (3) SHARI'A - (LAW CODE) ESTABLISHED STANDARDS OF ISLAMIC CONDUCT
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…SPLIT 4. ABBASIDS - OVERTHREW UMAYYAD DYNASTY
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II. CONTROL THREE CONTINENTS A. INTRODUCTION 1. SPAIN 1. SPAIN a) UMAYYAD ESTABLISHED NEW DYNASTY AFTER OVERTHROW JOINED BERBERS
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…INTRO b) BERBERS (1) MUSLIMS OF NORTH AFRICA (2) ADVANCED MUSLIM ARMIES INTO FRANCE (3) HALTED IN 732 A.D. @ BATTLE OF TOURS BY CHARLES MARTEL
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…BERBERS (4) MOORS – MUSLIMS OF SPAIN FROM AFRICA
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B. ABBASID POWER 1. GEOGRAPHY – OLD PERSIA, IRAN, IRAQ, & CENTRAL ASIA 2. BAGHDAD – NEW CAPITAL IN IRAQ ON KEY TRADE ROUTES
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…ABBASID 3. BUREAUCRACY a) CONDUCTED AFFAIRS OF EMPIRE (DAY TO DAY) b) DEPARTMENTS (1) TREASURY
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…DEPARTMENTS ( 2) ARMY (3) DIPLOMATIC c) SUPPORTED BY TAXES
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C. RIVAL GROUPS 1. FATIMID DYNASTY a) RESULTED FROM GROWTH OF SMALL MUSLIM STATES b) LOCATION – FROM N.E. AFRICA TO W. ARABIAN PENINSULA & SYRIA
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LATEEN SAIL
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D. MUSLIM TRADE NETWORK 1. SEA TRADING ZONES a) WHERE – MEDITERRANEAN & INDIAN OCEAN b) CONNECTED MUSLIM EMPIRE TO WORLD TRADE
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2. LAND ROUTES a) SILK ROAD b) ACROSS NORTHERN AFRICA c) SOUTH ACROSS SAHARAN TO SUB-SAHARAN KINGDOMS
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3. MERCHANTS & CULTURAL DIFFUSION a) ARABIC ONLY LANGUAGE b) SINGLE CURRENCY – ABBASID DINAR c) ISLAM SPREAD ACROSS TRADE ROUTES
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4. BANKS a) SET UP BY MONEY CHANGERS b) ISSUED LETTERS OF CREDIT (SAKK) c) COULD BE EXCHANGED AT OTHER BANKS FOR MONEY
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III. MUSLIM SOCIETY A. MUSLIM CITIES 1. ABBASID – BAGHDAD & DAMASCUS 2. CORDOBA – UMAYYAD CAPITAL (SPAIN)
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…URBAN CENTERS 3. CAIRO – FATIMID CAPITAL (EGYPT) 4. JERUSALEM 5. BAGHDAD’S DESIGN a) WEST BANK OF TIGRIS b) CIRCULAR, PROTECTED BY THREE WALLS
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…BAGHDAD c) PALACE AND GRAND MOSQUE AT CENTER d) POPULATION NEAR 1 MILLION e) CONQUERED BY MONGOLS
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B. SOCIAL CLASSES 1. UPPER CLASS – MUSLIMS AT BIRTH 2. SECOND CLASS – CONVERTS TO ISLAM (PAID HIGHER TAXES) 3. PROTECTED PEOPLES – CHRISTIANS, JEWS, ZOROASTRIANS
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4. LOWER CLASSES a) SLAVES b) PRISONERS OF WAR c) NON-MUSLIMS
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C. ROLE OF WOMEN 1. MEN – MANAGERS OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS 2. EQUAL AS BELIEVERS
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3. LEGAL RIGHTS a) SHARI'A GRANTED LEGAL RIGHTS (1) MARRIAGE (DIVORCE) (2) FAMILY (3) PROPERTY (INHERITANCE)
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4. RESPONSIBILITIES a) POOR – WORKED IN FIELDS WITH HUSBAND b) WEALTHY (1) SUPERVISED HOUSEHOLD & SERVANTS (2) HAD ACCESS TO EDUCATION
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…RESPONSIBILITIES c) RICH OR POOR – RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING CHILDREN
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IV. MUSLIM SCHOLARSHIP A. CULTURAL DIFFUSION 1. EUROPE a) PERIOD OF CULTURAL DECLINE (DARK AGE) b) SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AT RISK OF BEING LOST
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2. MUSLIM SCHOLARS a) COLLECTED & TRANSLATED SCIENTIFIC & PHILOSOPHICAL TEXT b) HOUSE OF WISDOM – LIBRARY, ACADEMY, TRANSLATION CENTER (UNIVERSITY)
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HOUSE OF WISDOM
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…SCHOLARS c) WORKS TRANSLATED – GREEK, INDIAN, & PERSIAN TEXTS INTO ARABIC d) PRESERVED EUROPEAN (GRECO/ROMAN) LEARNING
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V. ARTS & SCIENCES A. MUSLIM LITERATURE 1. SUBJECTS OVER TIME a) BEDOUINS – DESERT LIFE, BRAVERY, LOVE b) QUR'AN – PRAISED THE PROPHET (MUHAMMAD), ISLAM, & LATER LEADER
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…OVER TIME c) POPULAR LITERATURE – “THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS”
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B. MUSLIM ART & ARCHITECTURE 1. DRAWINGS a) IMAGES OF PEOPLE DISCOURAGED b) ARTISTS TURNED TO CALLIGRAPHY
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2. CALLIGRAPHY a) HANDWRITING AS AN ART FORM
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3. ARCHITECTURE a) MOSQUES (1) BLEND OF BYZANTINE & MUSLIM IDEAS (2) INCORPORATED DOME & VAULTED CEILING (3) MOSAICS MOST IMPORTANT ART FORM
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…ARCHITECTURE b) ROMAN INFLUENCE (1) HEATED BATH (2) ARCHES
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C. MEDICAL ADVANCES 1. AL-RAZI a) WROTE COMPREHENSIVE BOOK (ENCYCLOPEDIA) ON MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE b) TREATISE ON SMALL POX & MEASLES CLEAN AIR = FASTER RECOVERY
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D. MATH & SCIENCE 1. SCIENCE a) DID NOT USE LOGICAL REASONING FOR SCIENCE b) PREFERRED EXPERIMENTS IN LABORATORIES
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2. MATH a) BASIS FOR ALL KNOWLEDGE b) AL-JABR – THE ART OF BRINGING TOGETHER UNKNOWNS TO MATCH KNOWN QUANTITIES
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...MATH c) ARABIC NUMERALS ADOPTED FROM INDIA INCLUDING CONCEPT OF ZERO
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3. ASTRONOMY a) LED TO ADVANCES IN MATH b) OBSERVATORIES CHARTED STARS, COMETS, AND PLANETS (IMPROVED MAPS)
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4. OPTICS a) SCIENCE OF LIGHT b) LIGHT PASSED TO THE EYES NOT FROM THE EYES c) IDEAS USED TO DEVELOP MICROSCOPE/TELESCOPE
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E. PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION 1. ATTEMPTED TO HARMONIZE PLATO, ARISTOTLE, & ISLAMIC WRITINGS 2. GOAL – FINDING THE TRUTH
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