HIST-102 Lecture 64: Religious rivalries
14 Oct 2020
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Religious rivalries also came into play, as some of these dynasties such as the fatimids in egypt introduced and enforced shi"ite islamic practices, as opposed to the more mainstream sunni islam. In a brief period, in other words, the islamic world faced a series of critical changes in and challenges to its way of life. Few of the new princedoms were large enough or stable enough to be economically self- sufficient, a situation that led to the gradual erosion of the economic blockade that had long existed between the muslim and christian worlds. Under the "umayyads, trade with the latin west had been forbidden, and this boycott which, like all boycotts, had never been adhered to absolutely was one of the principal causes of the economic and demographic decline of mediterranean europe. Commercial relations with christendom did not reappear overnight; religious hatred is not so easily overcome.
