1. The Islamic World: Religion and Culture (ca. 570–1300)
Chapter 10
The Islamic World:
Religion and Culture
(ca. 570–1300)

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The Religion of Islam
Muhammad and Islam
Submission to God
The Qur’an
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The Spread of Islam
Sunni – represents roughly 90% of all Muslims; ruler chosen by the faithful
Shiites – insist on rule via the descendents of Ali, cousin and son-in-law to Muhammad
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Islamic Culture
Scholarship in the Islamic world
Islamic poetry
Secular poetry
Sufi poetry
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5. Islamic Culture (cont.)
Islamic prose literature
The Thousand and One Nights
Prose tales
Islamic art and architecture
Music in the Islamic world
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