I. The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Eras
A. Imperial Extravagance and Succession Disputes
Identify Harun al-Rashid
What is The Thousand and One Nights
Identify al-Ma'mun
B. Imperial Breakdown and Agrarian Disorder
Describe the Civil unrest at the end of the Abbasid era
What occurred to cause civil unrest due to the Caliphs building lavishly?
C. The Declining Position of Women in the Family and Society
What happens to women at this time?
How did Polygyny contribute to the decline of the position of women?
D. Nomadic Incursions and the Eclipse of Caliphal Power
What threatenedAbbasids
How and why was bagdad taken?
Who were the Seljuk Turks
What were the sh’ia purges?
E. The Impact of the Christian Crusades
What were the crusades?
What was the intended outcome?
What actually occurred as a result of the crusades?
Who was Saladin and what does he do?
II. An Age of Learning and Artistic Refinements
Describe Urban growth during this time. What was the cause?
A. The Full Flowering of Persian Literature
What is Calligraphy?
Identify:
Firdawsi
Shah-Nama
Sa'di
Omar Kayyan
Rubaiyat
B. Achievements in the Sciences
Describe the Islamic achievement in Math
Describe the Islamic achievement in Chemistry
experiments
Identify Al-Razi
Identify Al-Biruni
What were some of the advances in medicine during this time?
C. Religious Trends and the New Push for Expansion
Who were the Sufis
What is mysticism?
Describe Ulama
Describe Al-Ghazali
D. New Waves of Nomadic Invasions and the End of the Caliphate
Who were the Mongols?
Why and how does Baghdad finally fall?
III. The Coming of Islam to South Asia
A. Political Divisions and the First Muslim Invasions
What led to the first interactions between muslims and south Asia in the 8th century
Who was Muhammad ibnQasim
What wasdhimmi?
B. Indian Influences on Islamic Civilization
How did India influence the Islamic world?
C. From Booty to Empire: The Second Wave of Muslim Invasions
Who was Mahmud of Ghazni and what did he do?
Who was Muhammad of Ghurand what did he do?
Describe the Delhi sultanate
D. Patterns of Conversion
Who predominately converted to islam?
Why did they convert?
E. Patterns of Accommodation
Why do Muslims often fail to integrate?
F. Islamic Challenge and Hindu Revival
Describe Bhakti
What are Mira Baiand Kabir?
G. Stand-off: The Muslim Presence in India
at the End of the Sultanate Period
Describe the conflict beween the Brahmins and the ulama
IV. The Spread of Islam to Southeast Asia
What was Shrivijaya?
A. Trading Contacts and Conversion
Describe the conversion of the people of southeast Asia.
Why were Sufis important?
Why were Coastal cities especially receptive to conversion?
B. Sufi Mystics and the Nature of Southeast Asian Islam
How does Sufi mysticism impact Southeast Asian Islam?
What was the position of women here?