JUSTINIAN, MUHAMMAD, AND THE EAST

Week Seven

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JUSTINIAN, MUHAMMAD, AND THE EAST

Week Seven

I. The Great Mosque of Damascus

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

The Byzantine Empire under Justinian

The Byzantine Empire in 814

II. The Byzantines

B. Orthodox Christianity

Liturgy Icons Hagia Sophia Conversion of the

Slavs Bulwark of Christian

Europe

Hagia Sophia

Eastern Orthodox chant

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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

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

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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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

III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam

E. After Muhammad Death and

succession Division

Sunni Shia

Expansion to Constantinople, China, Spain, and Africa

The Spread of Islam

III. Muhammad and the Rise of Islam

F. Pax Arabica1. Commercial prosperity2. Cultural prosperity

Philosophy—Ibn Rushd Medicine—Ibn Sina Mathematics Architecture—Alhambra

Ibn Rushd

Alhambra in Granada, Spain

Alhambra

Epilogue

Shared traits of East and West

Internal divisions