HIST 1111 Midterm: Completed Exam 3 Study Guide

• School: KSU
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1111
• Professor: Hutchinson, Matthew John

Document Summary

Independent, polytheistic tribes; lots of war, water scarcity. Muhammed and the need for leadership his death left behind. Musli(cid:373)s fit i(cid:374)to (cid:862)god filled (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) hi(cid:374)duis(cid:373). Ufi leade(cid:396)s a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odated/ a(cid:271)so(cid:396)(cid:271)ed lo(cid:272)al deities into the religion. More spiritual; sought personal experiences with diving through meditation, chanting, etc. Islam is st(cid:396)i(cid:272)tly (cid:373)o(cid:374)otheisti(cid:272); fo(cid:396)(cid:271)ade (cid:396)ep(cid:396)ese(cid:374)tatio(cid:374)s/ i(cid:373)ages of allah, a(cid:374)d the idea of (cid:862)e(cid:395)uality(cid:863) withi(cid:374) isla(cid:373) (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)asted sha(cid:396)ply with hi(cid:374)duis(cid:373)"s st(cid:396)i(cid:272)t caste syste(cid:373). It was the location of a shrine that was important to all the polytheistic religions in pre-islam arabia, and was therefore considered a sacred/ peaceful area where different groups could safely trade. Pilgrimage (haij) to mecca is one of the 5 pillars of islam. Acceptance and conversion were voluntary (brought by traders instead of warriors). No religious transformation (religion mainly for elites and not forced upon people by their rulers- some rulers even in cooperated local religions/ traditions in to the isla(cid:373)i(cid:272) faith). (cid:862)isla(cid:373) (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)ized(cid:863).