History 2606E Lecture 10: history oct 2
16 Nov 2017
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Political states existed in the middle east before all of this, before conquest, and mpbuh. Islam might not produce arabic conquest: building an empire and states (632-1258, large empires (geographically, money: Did it lay the foundations: mohammad did not envision the conquest, nor did he order it, there is no relationship between sword and religion (i. e. , one does not cause the other, early conquests. Aramaic: this christianity is still very alive, same christians exist today, elements of x-anity spreading back. Local population burdened with taxes: extortion by the state, taxes collected in poor way, popular resistance to administration. I(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of egypt as the (cid:858)(cid:271)(cid:396)ead(cid:271)asket(cid:859) of the e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e: wheat and grain, sassanid persia. Indo-european language: a persian empire ruled by sassanid dynasty, ethnically and religiously diversity, semitic population, zoroastrian in religion, antagonism between military and society, political instability, dynastical rivalries, religious / social movement: uprising of mazdak movement in 5th c.
