Islam History

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Islamic Treatment of Women: women treated better but with exception, testimony of women ½ of man, veiling, men have multiple wives

Byzantine Empire

Diocletian Splits → East and West, Constantinople, invaders sack Rome in West, East survives until 1453, Justinian and Justinian Code (Roman Law and Hagia Sophia), Byzantine coined money and traded a lot, geographic makes it safe, influence on development of Russia

Western Europe: the Middle Ages 600-1450 CE

Gothic Architecture

Education tied to church, universities

Vikings: raiders from scandinavia, raided COASTAL areas

Reasons why dragged out of middle ages: Marco Polo, black death, printing press, crusades, longbow

Spain builds using religion

East Asia 600-1450 CE

China: Sui brings back centralized power, grand canal (economic growth and prosperity),

Spread of Islam: Muhammad kicked from Mecca → 622 (hijra..pilgrimage), conquers Mecca, Kaaba (630), Five Pillars, Mansa Musa (Mali, goes to Mecca, brings Islamic learning to Mali), Ibn Battuta (hijra), universalizing religion like Buddhism, Christianity, Islam in North Africa, Dar al Islam (house of islam, spread of islam, by 711 Islam spread into India,

Umayyad Dynasty: Territorial expansion, Dar al Islam, capital at Damascus, Arabic language, caliphates tolerate..tax on non muslims (jizya)

Charles Martel: stops spread of Islam at Battle of Tours (732)

Hagia Sophia: built christian conquered by Muslims and turned in mosque (reconquista)

Islamic Spain: preservation of greek knowledge

Baghdad, trade heighten, second golden age of Silk Road, credit introduced by merchants, urban centers, education, knocked out by Ottoman in 1258

Islam spreads but with syncretic blend, Sufis

Islamic Treatment of Women: women treated better but with exception, testimony of women ½ of man, veiling, men have multiple wives

Byzantine Empire

Diocletian Splits → East and West, Constantinople, invaders sack Rome in West, East survives until 1453, Justinian and Justinian Code (Roman Law and Hagia Sophia), Byzantine coined money and traded a lot, geographic makes it safe, influence on development of Russia

Western Europe: the Middle Ages 600-1450 CE

Gothic Architecture

Education tied to church, universities

Vikings: raiders from scandinavia, raided COASTAL areas

Reasons why dragged out of middle ages: Marco Polo, black death, printing press, crusades, longbow

Spain builds using religion

East Asia 600-1450 CE

China: Sui brings back centralized power, grand canal (economic growth and prosperity),