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JUSTINIAN, MUHAMMAD, AND THE EAST Week Seven
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graph/gram = write photographautographphonograph
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tele = far telescopetelephone television
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JUSTINIAN, MUHAMMAD, AND THE EAST Week Seven
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I. The Great Mosque of Damascus
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II. The Byzantines A. Justinian and the Creation of the Byzantine State An all-powerful emperor tries to bring it back together Re-conquest of territory Justinian Code Problem of high taxes Justinian Code
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The Byzantine Empire under Justinian
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The Byzantine Empire in 814
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II. The Byzantines B. Orthodox Christianity Liturgy Icons Hagia Sophia Conversion of the Slavs Bulwark of Christian Europe Hagia Sophia
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Eastern Orthodox chant
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phone = sound telephonesymphonymegaphone
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milli = thousand millipedemilemillimeter
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III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam A. Arabia before the Prophet Bedouin nomads: clan survival and the feud Tribal religion: polytheism and sanctuaries
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III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam B. Muhammad the Prophet Born in 570 into the Quraysh around the Arabian city of Mecca Merchant Prophet
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III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam C. Tenets of Islam Teachings in the Qur’an Five Pillars: Faith, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage Other practices: no alcohol, only limited polygamy, jihad
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dece = ten decagondecathlondecapede
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sci = know omniscientscienceconscience
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III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam D. Triumph of Islam Early opposition Medina: the uniting of Arabs into a new religious community, the umma Expansion: jihad against infidels Attraction: economic incentives and the afterlife Emigration to Medina
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III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam E. After Muhammad Death and succession Division Sunni Shia Expansion to Constantinople, China, Spain, and Africa
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The Spread of Islam
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III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam F. Pax Arabica 1. Commercial prosperity 2. Cultural prosperity Philosophy—Ibn Rushd Medicine—Ibn Sina Mathematics Architecture—Alhambra Ibn Rushd
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Alhambra in Granada, Spain
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Alhambra
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Epilogue Shared traits of East and West Internal divisions
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