UGC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abbasid Caliphate, Zanj Rebellion, Avicenna

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Islam began in the arabian peninsula among the bedouins (nomadic tribes descended from a common ancestor: umma community of all believers where islam is more important than tribe; meant to prevent the previous warring amongst tribes. Bukhara (don"t need to know their names: also study the koran, hadith, sharia (law), kitab (grammar school), madrasa (college), men only, degree called ijaza, contribuions to mathemaics (arabic numerals, algebra, trigonometry) Trade: necessary in an inferile desert, established long range networks including the silk road in the. 10th century: muslims trade with europeans: spices, fruit, sugar, coton, europeans to muslims: iron, imber, slaves. Innovaions like the joint stock company (group investment and proit sharing), leter of credit (sutaja), a check (sakk), bill of exchange (writen order to pay sum to third party: **allows for exchange without being physically present** Jalal al-din rumi created mevlevi order of dervishes a. b. connecion with allah through dance and music teachers called shaykhs and students called dervishes.

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