HTS 6XXX Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Tughril, Thaumaturgy, Tiaret
25 Jan 2013
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Environment and disease migration, patterns of settlement technology. Chapter 8 the rise of islam, 600 1200. The development and the foundations of islam and islamic culture. State-building, expansion, and conflict-political structures and forms of governance, expansion. Gender roles and relations, family and kinship, racial and ethnic constructions. Arabs of 600 ce lived in arabian peninsula, syria, jordan, and iraq. Arab pastoralists in south remained isolated and independent and in these regions islam took form. Majority of people were farmers or sailors and farming villages supported dense populations. Sea of sand known as the empty quarter isolated southern regions from interior. Nomads made income from providing camels and guiding merchants north to trade their goods. Nomad dominance increased with invention of military efficient camel saddles this resulted in rise of arab-dominated caravan cities. By 600 ce wheeled vehicles replaced by pack camels and donkeys in me. Arabs who accompanied caravans interacted with cultures and lifestyles of sasanids and.
