Transcript Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam

CHAPTER 11
The First Global Civilization:
The Rise and Spread of Islam
World Civilizations: The Global Experience
Fifth Edition
Stearns/Adas/Schwartz/Gilbert
Copyright 2007, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
I. Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World
II. The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam
III. The Arab Empire of the Umayyads
IV. From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abassid Era
Stearns et al., World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 5th Edition
Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman, Copyright 2007
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
I. Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World
Bedouins
Camel herding
Agriculture
A. Clan Identity, Clan Rivalries, and the Cycle of Vengeance
Clans
Grouped into tribes
Shayks
Free warriors
Rivalry
B. Towns and Long-Distance Trade
Entrepots
Mecca
Umayyad clan, Quraysh tribe
Ka’ba
Medina
Arabia and Surrounding Area Before and During the Time of Muhammad
Stearns et al., World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 5th Edition
Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman, Copyright 2007
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
I. Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World
B. Marriage and Family in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Women have important roles
Arabia and Surrounding Area
Before and During the Time of Muhammad
Polygyny, polyandry
C. Poet and Neglected Gods
Animism, polytheism
Including Allah
Stearns et al., World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 5th Edition
Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman, Copyright 2007
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
II. The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam
Banu Hasim clan
Orphaned
Mecca
Khadijah
Revelations, 610
via Gabriel
Persecution, Flight, and Victory
Ka’ba gods threatened
Invited to Medina, 622
Hijra
Return to Mecca, 629
Arabs and Islam
Umma
Universal Elements in Islam
5 Pillars
Acceptance of Islam
Prayer
Fasting during Ramadan
Payment of zakat
Hajj
The Expansion of the Islamic Empire During the 7th and
8th Centuries
Stearns et al., World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 5th Edition
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Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
III. The Arab Empire of the Umayyads
Death, 632
Succession struggle
Consolidation and Division in the Islamic Community
Abu Bakr
Ridda Wars
Motives for Arab Conquest
Conversions
Booty
Weaknesses of the Adversary Empires
Sassanian Empire
Zoroastrianism
Dynasty ended, 651
Byzantium
The Problem of Succession and the Sunni-Shi’a Split
Uthman
3rd caliph
Murdered
Stearns et al., World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 5th Edition
Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman, Copyright 2007
Chapter 11: The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
IV. From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abassid Era
Sunni rule
repress Shi’a
Baghdad
New capital
Islamic Conversion and Mawali Acceptance
Town and Country: Commercial Boom and Agrarian
Expansion
Urban expansion
Ayan
The First Flowering of Islamic Learning
Building
Mosques, palaces
Stearns et al., World Civilizations: The Global Experience, 5th Edition
Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Longman, Copyright 2007