HIST 010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Srivijaya, Khmer People, Islamic Fundamentalism
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Course and consequences: abbasid expansion into persia, afghanistan, and india, islamic golden age of learning and culture ourished during this period, expansion into india brought competition between peoples of di erent religions. Indian in uences spread to other societies in asia creating hybrid cultures. The rise of baghdad: movement of capital to baghdad strategic location near conjunction of trade routes allowed greater focus on eastern lands, quickly grew to 300,000-500,000 by early 800s. Abbasid governance: government recruited quali ed people from across the empire to serve, ending. Arabs- only policies: ethnically-mixed military guarded frontiers abbasids built on umayyad governance, adapted sasanian and byzantine institutions to enhance it, e orts toward centralization made di cult by distance from baghdad. Forces of disintegration: succession con icts brought internal strife, created warlord nobility, the mamluks (turkish slaves) created as army loyal to the caliph, loyalty maintained as long as they were paid, considered foreigners in baghdad.
