HIS101H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sharia, Khalid Ibn Al-Walid, Polytheism
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Chapter 9: city of mecca, a haven for travelers in an unforgiving wasteland, mecca provided food, water, rest and sanctuary for anyone passing through its gate. It has no rivers at all, so internal transportation was difficult and fresh water almost completely unavailable: sw receives ample rainfall, consists of imposing mountains and arid, scorching deserts, culminating in the empty. Sasanians, energized by zoroastrianism were rivaling persia 6 centuries after the. Greco- macedonian conquest: monotheistic belief entered, southern arabian kings, observed that two of their most dangerous enemies . Byzantium and ethiopia were christian adopted judaism. 520 ethiopian invasion destroyed the southern city states and established a christian protectorate. Judaism was weakened - force conversion of christianity: under persian rule, judaism, christianity, and zoroastrianism were all tolerated in. Southern arabia: mecca emerges as a principal arabian sanctuary, religious center kaba idols. Books: hijra symbolizing a fight from polytheism to monotheism, umma purely islamic community under his leadership, five pillars.