I need some one to do the Topic Assignment in History-Islamic class I need it in muslim point of view.

HIS 249: Notes 09/12/2016

Class Discussion

What role did trade play in the expansion of Islam?

· Spreading Islam was not the goal

· Muslim traders convers as well as pray during trading tours

· Asking the king to build a mosque

· Obstacles the traders had to overcome

· Language barrier

· Advantages of the traders

· Well developed legal system

· Islam has a well developed legal system

· Many kings like Islam’s legal system

What do you find interesting or difficult in this chapter?

· Muslims opposed to western countries sexualizing women, as well as expecting them to work

· Islam thinks women shouldn’t work (greedy)

· Women in work force is a serious issue

· Why don’t other religions grow as fast and much as Islam? – Big question during class

· Judaism: you need to be born into

· Hinduism: is not a universal religion

· Christianity and Islam actively seeks converts

· Christianity and Islam is not growing fast but they are growing

· Christianity is associated with western imperialism

· Islam has problems with fundamentalists

· Hellenistic influencing the Islamic empire

· Hellenistic science gives advantage

· Strengthens society and states

· Islam is very big on social justice

· At the end of the Abbasid empire Islam is multy-national

· Other countries are going to convert to Islam because of their legal system

· Islam didn’t force people to convert to Islam

· When conquered cities/countries did not convert they were going to get taxed

Abbasids

· Abbasids are mainly about culture

· Abbasid empire is going to break up

· 280 – 1000 B.C. people keep moving in from step-regions (Mongolia, Turkish regions)

· people wanted to come to Islam because of their well developed areas

· Turks are going to be a problem for the Abbasids

· Turks were not agricultural, they were nomadic (going to cause problems)

· Baghdad is going to be wrecked (Marw is going to be the new capital)

· The elites around the king are land owners

· Control peasants working on their land

· Profits are used for military

· King gives the elite their land (they can’t buy land)

· Elite builds military for themselves for protection against the King

· Elite becomes more independent

· King needs to go outside of the elite to gain power

· Bring soldiers from Armenia, Turks, Africa

· Turks are coming in as nomads

· Looking for posture land

· Slaves make no good soldiers

· Slaves are going to run or join the other side

· Slaves are going to get status (perks of society)

· Held outside of society, so that they can fight against the society if needed

· Abbasids created more than one slave soldier army

· Slave soldiers are specifically trained for war

· Mamluks = Slave Soldiers

· Separate cast, very loyal

· Iran and Iraq are going to become nomadic

· Agriculture depression

· Agriculture will disappear

· No money for the slave soldiers anymore

· Many local generals take over local regions (power)

· Shi’is causing trouble

· Caliph has no right translating the Koran

· Only scholars are allowed to translate (Imam)

· Aghlabid was urban based

· Abbasid had a problem with Quarmatians

· Attacking Syria and Iraq

· Quarmatians destroyed by Bedouin groups

· Attamids become a very wealthy group

· Umayyad will only be in Spain

· Umayyad culture created in Spain will endure

· Will create high quality steele

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