1. CHAPTER 12 Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of Southern Asia, 711 – 1400 Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

2. 1. Islam Expands Eastward A. Course and Consequences 1. Expansion into Persia, Afghanistan, and India 2. The Abbasids and Islam’s Golden Age 3. The challenges of unification 4. Competing religions in India 5. India’s influence Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

3. 2. Islamic Persia and the Abbasid Caliphate A. Sasanian Decline and Muslim Conquest B. Persian Influences on Islamic Governance and Culture 1. A blended culture C. The Impact of Shi’ite Opposition 1. The Sunni-Shi’ite context 2. Opposition to Umayyad rule 3. The Abbasids in Persia D. The Rise of Baghdad 1. Strategic location Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

4. 3. Cosmopolitan Islam A. Abbasid Governance 1. Continuity and reform B. Commerce and Culture in the Abbasid Caliphate 1. Promotion of trade 2. Cultural renaissance 3. Innovation C. Sufis and Fundamentalists 1. Sufi mysticism 2. Militant Islamic fundamentalism Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

5. 4. The Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate A. Forces of Disintegration 1. Succession conflicts 2. The Malmuks 3. Disloyalty in the Abbasid bureaucracy 4. The end of Abbasid rule B. Continuity of Islamic Unity and Expansion 1. Forces for unity and expansion Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

6. 5. The Gupta Empire in India A. Gupta Rule and Achievements 1. The Gupta family 2. Unification of northern India 3. Religion and Gupta rule 4. Commerce and Gupta rule B. Conflict and Collapse 1. The coming of the Huns Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

7. 6. The Islamic Impact on India A. Islamic Invasions from Persia 1. Persian warlords 2. The Ghaznavids B. Conflict and Connection: Muslims and Hindus 1. Religious differences 2. Ghaznavid persecution 3. The Delhi Sultanate Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.

8. 7. India’s Influence on Southeast Asia A. Funan: The First Southeast Asian State 1. Southeast Asia 2. Funan B. The Cambodian Empire 1. Hindu influence C. Srivijaya: Coalition and Cultural Blend 1. Buddhist commercial empire 2. Southeast Asian and Indian cultural blend Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. All rights reserved.