HIST 1012 Lecture 2: Modern History I Lecture 2
8 Sep 2016
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Talked about the fall or rome whether barbarians that came or economic fall. The western catholic church} the ghost of rome. Then, the mormans, vikings conquered cicery in mediterranean. Improvement but still hard for 95% population, serfs, who couldn"t marry without permission, etc. But, for muslims, this is the classical period of islam. Center of numerous trade groups, spices, etc, up to the mediterrenenas. Important economic center, polytheism- praise of multiple gods. Mohammed orn, held all sign of all gods. They did business in the holy place so not scared to die. He was orphaned at a youn age, adopted by uncle, and married well. He lived a pious life for an arab of his time, he was a traitor, etc. Around 610 ad, he went to a cave. Gabriel told him to recite the verse of what appears in the qur"an. Can"t really be trasnalted, the book is the miracle according to the miracle.
