HIST 2200 Lecture 6: Hist2200 Lecture 6 (01.26.2017)
24 Apr 2017
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Only legitimate authority can lead jihad (or holy war) Islam must return to easy sunni roots (first two or three generations of conflict: want to go back to basics. Biggest players in the area, once they are converted, everyone else does too b. c. population wants to be on their good side: succession crisis after death of muhammed (who would be the caliph) Battle of karbala brought about sustained resistance. Conflict is similar to conflict and schisms of christian churches (great schism of 1054) Sunni + shi"ite conflict is still present in society today (causes conflict politically and in small groups: success of umayyads: location in mecca, trade + commerce influence. Promotes islam really quickly b. c. they were on a commercial route. Spices came from india into persian gulf to the mediterranean and up throughout europe. People tended to stick to people of their own faith.
