EAT ITEvaluating the rise and Spread of Dar Al Islam 600-1450-

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Formerly decentralized nomadic traders

A.The Arabs were located along the periphery of the Classical world trading along caravan routes, establishing lucrative trading ties to important

Spread along trade routes

3. Muslim merchants would share their new religious values in caravan cities like Jerusalem, Medina and Mecca where the promise of a kingdom of paradise would appeal to traders in the bazaars

Considered by Muslims to be a primary source

B. The Quran is believed to be the divinely revealed word of Allah(God) to the prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel which enforces a moral and ethical code and defense of Islam in return for salvation (paradise)

Unites initially all Arabs, then spreads throughout AfroEurasia ( first Global religion)

6. . Islam meaning submission to the word of God (Allah) in Arabic provides a narrative in the Quran (Koran) which provides a the promise of something better, peaceful and a great reward in the afterlife (paradise)

Jihad means struggle

C.The military victories in defense of Islam (Jihad) enabled Arab cavalry to spread their faith to the converts in the Arabian Peninsula, South West Asia through Persia and into Northern Africa and Southern Spain (Iberian Peninsula)

One of the many ways Islam spreads

2. Militarily competitive by nature, the Arabs used the conquest united in the concept of Jihad (holy struggle) to thwart off enemies along the trade routes traveled by recently converted Arab merchants.

Unifies providing common identity

D.The Ummah (Muslim community) unified the Arabs and provided an opportunity to seize the opportunity to command power in a vacuum once dominated by Persia and the Byzantine Empire

5 pillars, Koran,Umma,Sharia

5. The formerly decentralized Arab Bedouins (nomads of the Arabian desert) felt a sense of belonging, community and no longer had to fight amongst themselves over scarce resources as they had a new monotheistic identity

Islam fufills all political, economic and cultural regulations

E.The caliph (successor to Muhammad) established a theocracy where laws (Sharia) and governance provide regulations between Muslims and non-Muslims

Helped to create a tolerant society

1. Islam provided the proper governance including successor ship, laws between individuals and tolerance of “people of the book “ called dhimmi provided to Jews and Christians in their empire

Why many people will convert (its easy)

F.Al-Baladhuri identifies that the Hims (Syrian non-Muslims) liked the rule of the Muslims over that of the Byzantine and helped defeat the Byzantine by closing the gates of the city only to come out later to pay the Jizya(land tax paid by non-Muslims)

 

Tolerance is a plus

4.Islam is has all of the governing qualities of an Empire but preaches tolerance and regulates relationships from trade to disputes and appealed to people around the Mediterrean in opposition to intolerant empires like the Byzantine

From 600-1450 Dar al Islam spread across trade routes uniting all Arabs under the banner of islam, the Sharia and the Caliphate, provided a regulation of trade as it spread across overland and maritime routes and providing a sense of community (Umma) providing ethical guidance through the 5 pillars and the Islamic Justice system ( Ulema and Quadis)

Missing Voices: Women to identify the appeal of this religion which provided an elevated status Former slaves because a Muslim cannot enslave a fellow Muslim A Christian or Jew to evaluate what Dhimmi status is like and how they feel about paying the Jizya A merchant along the overland or maritime pathways to illustrate just how easily people converted A census from the Byzantine Empire to illustrate how man Islamic converts there were