dar al-islam:the islamic world and south asia...throughout dar al-islam promotes trade abbasid...
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Dar al-Islam:The Islamic World and South Asia
Unit 1A
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The Postclassical World (Answer the following in complete sentences on a sheet of paper)
▪ Religion: Why do we believe what we believe?
▪ What is culture? Provide examples of cultural traits/aspects in your answer?
▪ Can culture spread? Why/How or Why not?
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The Classical World
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Division of the Roman Empire
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Bad Times for
the Roman and
Byzantine
Empires
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Division of the Roman Empire
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Why did Islam and Arab political expansion happen at this time?
▪ Characteristics of a society when government institutions break down? (List)
▪ Why would people turn away from old systems (social, political, cultural, and economic?)
▪ Why would people turn toward religion during times of chaos and disorder? Particularly new religions?
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Reading Quiz
• Pgs 156-166 (stop @ The Arab Empire of the Umayyads)
• Quiz Coming up – You are allowed to use reading notes on this
quiz
• Notes must be handwritten OR printed (before class and not by me)
• I will take questions after roll
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Get into groups of 3-4
Move desks – I want to see DISTINCT groups
Each group needs 1 sheet of paper.
Write everyone’s name on this sheet
*Some of the answers may overlap and be used more than once*
Each group needs a facilitator to keep the group on task.
Each group needs a recorder to write answers.
Each group needs a traveler to share information with other groups
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Religion:
Personal Benefits
Religion:
Political Benefits
Religion:
Social/Cultural Benefits
Religion:
Economic Benefits
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List 2 ways your group could improve efficiency and
benefits of small group tasks
List 3 ways the class as a whole could improve
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Have a seat
• We will get into new groups after
roll and good things
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List 2 ways your group could improve efficiency and
benefits of small group tasks
List 3 ways the class as a whole could improve
List 2 ways I can improve efficiency and
benefits of small group tasks
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Pre-Islamic Arabia
• Nomadic herders and traders
• Impact on settlement patterns and methods of government/rule?
• Clans and clan rivalries
• Limited urbanization (cities serve as religious and/or trade centers)
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The Arabian Peninsula:Increased trade is a huge benefit for the Arabian peninsula in the Postclassical Era
What impact did increased
trade have on cultural
development/influence in
the Arabian peninsula?
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Cultural
Diffusion
Cultural
DiffusionCultural
Diffusion
Cultural
Diffusion
Cultural
Diffusion
Cultural
Diffusion
Cultural
Diffusion
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Pre-Islamic Arabia:Increased trade is a huge benefit for the Arabian peninsula in the Postclassical Era
Bedouins• Nomadic herders/traders led by
Shayks (clan/tribe leaders)
• Impact of this lifestyle on society?
• Why might this result in clan/tribe rivalries?
Consistent struggle
for resources and
trade rights/goods
Limited (but important urbanization)
on the Arabian peninsula
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• Founded and led by the powerful Umayyad clan
Why was the location of
Mecca ideal for the
spread of ideas?
• City was/is home to the Ka’ba (multiple spellings), a pre-Islamic religious site. Also a center for trade
• Today it is the most sacred site in Islam.
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• Less dominant trade center
• Political rivalries between multiple Bedouin and Jewish clans
Mecca was dominated by the Umayyad
during the pre-Islamic period. Yathrib
(Medina) had multiple groups competing
for power.
Briefly compare and
contrast the political power
structure in the cities? Which
city is likely stronger and
more unified? Why?
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Women in pre-Islamic Arabia
Greater social/economic role than women
in many other contemporary well-
developed cultures
Why?
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Arts and Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia
Limited development….WHY????
• Polytheistic Animism (nature spirits)
• Ethics based on tribal custom and
tradition rather than religious doctrine
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The Birth of Islam
▪ Political Climate
– Powerful empires: Byzantine (Roman) and Sassanid Persia
The Arabian Peninsula:
Based on the map and your
reading, why might this
region struggle to become
powerful in the
Postclassical Era?
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The Birth of Islam
▪ Political Climate
– Conflict on the Arabian Peninsula
▪ Clan rivalries
– Impact on political unity?
– Is political unity (or lack of) a factor in the ultimate success of Islam?
Influential clans and their approximate locations on
the Arabian Peninsula c. 600 CE
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The Birth of Islam
The spread of Christianity 300-600 CEThe Jewish diaspora 70-500 CE
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The Birth of Islam
▪ Political Climate
▪ Cultural Factors
– Cultural Diffusion and Trade Connection
– Regional Monotheistic Religions
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Tonight’s Reading
• Pgs 166-180
• Quiz Wednesday
• Notes must be handwritten OR printed (before
class and not by me)
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STAT
▪ Have a seat
▪ No Macbooks at this time
▪ We will begin in a few minutes
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Reading Quiz
• Pgs 166-180
• Quiz Coming up – You are allowed to use reading notes on this
quiz
• Notes must be handwritten OR printed (before class and not by
me)
• I will take questions after roll and Crash Course World
History
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Hang on to yesterday’s quiz
▪We will look at these in a few minutes
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P.E.R.S.I.A.N Chart
• Organizational method often used in history
• Limited detail, main themes and ideas, only notes
• Some things may overlap
• Some sections may have less than others
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Your Assignment
▪ Use pgs 166-192 to complete the Umayyad and Abassid
P.E.R.S.I.A.N charts
▪ Individual work – no groups at this point
▪ Charts will be shared in small groups 24 hours from when we
begin and then turned in for a grade – your grade is based on
validity/importance of information and evidence of effort
– (Up to 20/20 pts – basically a quiz grade)
▪ These will be very helpful in our upcoming comparative essay
(next week)
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P.E.R.S.I.A.N Chart
• Complete P.E.R.S.I.A.N charts
• Remember – This is individual work
• Use pgs 166-192
• You may listen to music while working on this assignment
• When you finish you may read or work on material for class
• We will discuss these in small groups at 10:40
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Pick up the article & your PERSIAN Charts from the front
and have a seat
Read the article on your own. We will use these in a few minutes.
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Turn in assessment when finished
▪ Tonight–Read pgs 182-192 (a bit of a change in
schedule)
–Reading Quiz Tomorrow
–I have extra PERSIAN charts if you would like one
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Umayyad Empire (661-750)
▪ Continued
Arab/Islamic
conquests
▪ Umayyad become
both land and sea
power in the
Mediterranean
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Umayyad Empire (661-750)
New capital at Damascus, Syria
Possible political/social issues with the size of the empire?
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Umayyad Empire (661-750)
▪ Arab Aristocracy
–Political and economic elite
▪ Bureaucracy
– Government institutions designed to
efficiently run the empire
▪ Cultural Assimilation
(Acculturation)
– Interactions, cultural exchange,
intermarriage, voluntary conversions
Little effort to convert non-Arabs to Islam
• Mawali – non-Arab converts to Islam
• Dhimmi – “People of the book”
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Umayyad Empire (661-750)
▪ Family and Gender
–Polygamy
▪ Men allowed multiple wives
▪ Must be economically able to
care for family
▪ Formal marriage is encouraged
▪ Women
– Increased social role as compared to
other civilizations at the time
Outlaw of female infanticide
Legal rights of divorce, property
ownership, and inheritance
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Umayyad Empire (661-750)
▪ Decline and Fall
–Decadent lifestyle of ruling
elite did not correspond to
Islamic faith
–Alienation of religious subjects
–Alienation of Arabs (not all
enjoyed the spoils of war and
expansion)
–Alienation of minority groups
Anti-Umayyad coalition formed –
led by Abbasid faction (Descended
from one of Muhammad’s uncles)
Military defeat of Umayyad
forces & massacre of Umayyad
family
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Tonight
▪ Read pgs 182-192 (a bit of a change in schedule)
▪ Reading Quiz Tomorrow
▪ I have extra PERSIAN charts if you would like one
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Before we begin
▪ Review pgs 182-192–If you did not read the excerpt from One Thousand and
One Nights on pg 178 please do so now
▪ I will take questions before the quiz
▪ You need paper for the open response on today’s quiz
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Abbasid Empire (750-1258)
New Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate -- Baghdad
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Abbasid Empire (750-1258)
▪ Characteristics of Early Rule
– Arabization of the empire
– Absolutist Caliphate
▪ Adopts a more “Persian” style of rule
– Bureaucracy grows
▪ Wazir – Chief advisor, oversaw
bureaucracy
– Urbanization, Economic, and
Agricultural Expansion• Growing sea trade• Growth of merchant class• Growth of landed gentry (Ayan)• Skilled artisans -- guilds formGrowth of slavery
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Nature of the Abbasid Dynasty
▪ Diverse nature of administration (i.e. not exclusively Arab)
▪ Less focus on imperial expansion
▪ Dar al-Islam
–The Islamic World
▪ Growth through military activity of autonomous Islamic forces
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Abbasid Dynasty
▪ Impact of Trade?
• Increased Urbanization
• Growth of
professional/educated
classes
• Advances in math,
chemistry, astronomy,
medicine, and cartography
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Formation of a Hemispheric Trading Zone
▪ Historical precedent of Arabic trade
▪ Dar al-Islam encompasses silk routes
– Impact?
▪ Camel caravans
▪ Maritime trade
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Banking and Trade
▪ Scale of trade causes banks to develop–Sakk (“check”) Credit
is developed
▪ Uniformity of Islamic law throughout dar al-Islam promotes trade
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Abbasid Advances
▪ “Houses of Wisdom”– 830s opened as depositories for
books
– Served as centers for learning
– Translated Greek and Roman works
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Abbasid Advances
▪ Math and Science– Advanced Greek and Indian
scholarship
– Arabic Numbering (Actually from India)
– Algebra
– Astronomy
– Chemistry
– Medicine (1st Hospitals)
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The Seeds of Abbasid Decline
▪ Political/Religious Divide
▪ Decadent lifestyle of Abbasid elites
▪ Succession issues and civil war
▪ Decline in the role of Caliph = Rise in power of advisors and outside forces
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Increased Independence and Foreign Threats
▪ 900s AD -- Abbasid power declines
–European Crusades
–Egypt Independence – Fatimid/Mamluk rule
–Buyid Dynasty (Persian) and Seljuk Turks
▪ Non-Arab Muslims – Sultans use Abbasid Caliphs as figureheads
–Mongols
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Mongol Conquests