history for me – Flashcards

-for 1st time, shared faith in i allowed the newly organized state to mobilize the military potential of entire Arab pop. -the Byzantine and Persian empires were weakened by decades of war with each other and by internal revolts, they also underestimated Arab threat -merchant leaders of the new i community wanted to capture profitable trade routes and wealthy agricultural regions -indiv. Arabs found a route to wealth and social promotion in military expansion -expansion provide common task for Arab community, which enforced fragile unity of umma -Arabs motivated by religious dimension, as many viewed the mission of empire in terms of jihad, bringing rightous gov to people they conquered

-for 1st time, shared faith in i allowed the state to mobilize the military potential of entire Arab pop. -the Byzantine and Persian empires were weakened by decades of war with each other and by internal revolts, they also underestimated Arab threat -merchant leaders of the new i community wanted to capture profitable trade routes and wealthy agriculture regions -indiv. Arabs found a route to wealth and social promotion in military expansion -expansion provide common task for Arab community, which enforced fragile unity of umma -Arabs motivated by religious dimension, as many viewed the mission of empire in terms of jihad, bringing righteous gov to people they conquered - Islam success in attracting converts ( m's religous message was attractive to many, J, C and Zoro coulf find familiar elements -growing prestige of Arab empire attracted many, conquest made them question power of old gods -merchants found i was friendly to commerce and in Arab empire a huge and secure area for trade, people who want official positions find social mobility

- i spread to India, anatolia, Spain in part through conquest, while i arrived in west arfica with Muslim traders -Sufis facilitated conversions by accomodating local traditions, esp in Indian and Anatolia, but played llittle role in W. Africa until atleast 18th C. -In India, W. Africa, Spain, i became one of several faiths within the wider culture, while in Anatolia it became dominant faith

- i drew on an older Arab identification of Allah with Yahweh, the Jewish High God, and Arab self identification as children of Abraham -the quran denounced the prevailing social practices of an increasingly prosperous Mecca and sought a return to older values of Arab tribal life -message of the Quran also rejected the Arab tirbal and clan structure, which was prone to war, feuding, and violence. instead the Q sought to replace this structure with the umma