HIST 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hagia Sophia, Heresy In Christianity, Coast City
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Part iv: religion and power in western eurasia and north africa, 500-1000 ce. Questions: what direct and indirect pressures played a role in religious conversion during this period, did christianity and islam prevent the pursuit of other religious or intellectual. Ibn khaldun (14th c. ce) on the rise of islam. Ibn khaldun: tunisian muslim w/ simple take on history: Cyclical rise and fall of civilizations: division between nomadism (take on toughness and braveness) and settled, agricultural civilization (become too materialistic and comfortable) Ag. societies eventually become weak, cannot protect themselves from nomadic societies. Nomadic societies inevitably take over ag. civilizations > become ag. (cid:907)religious propaga(cid:290)da gi(cid:362)es d(cid:369)(cid:290)ast(cid:369) at its begi(cid:290)(cid:290)i(cid:290)g a(cid:290)other po(cid:363)er i(cid:290) additio(cid:290) to that of the group feeli(cid:290)g it possessed as result of # of its supporters (cid:908) (cid:907)adopted(cid:908) b(cid:369) u(cid:290)cle to be (cid:290)e(cid:368)t e(cid:289)peror. Very good traditional roman education, looked to augustus as model.
