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Chapter 6

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Arabia   Home to one of the world's harshest deserts  
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Camels and   goats  
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Coastal regions   farmings  
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People were   highly mobile tent movers with such harsh climate  
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Bedouins   Loyal to tribe for survival reasons with limited resources  
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Honor is everything   to be exiled was certain death  
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Water oasis   maintained by clan council led by shayikhs  
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Shayikhs, council of elders,   band of free warriors, slave families from rival clans  
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Mecca formed by   Umayyad Clan of the Quraysh tribe  
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**Mecca was home to   **Ka'ba (worship polytheistic)  
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**In Mecca   **Rivalries forgotten for a time  
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Medina (Yathrib)   Poorer than Mecca  
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Fierce clan rivalries   One's honor rested on one's respect  
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Chivalry   The Code  
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Cycle of violence   Revenge  
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All males   join in fights  
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Women PreIslam Arabia   Key economic roles  
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Women PreIslam Arabia   often lineage  
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Women PreIslam Arabia   some multiple marriages, men pay dowry  
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Women PreIslam Arabia   Women's advice taken by some men  
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Women PreIslam Arabia   Not considered equal, divorce laws  
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Women PreIslam Arabia   Towns started, roles decreased  
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Poetry   Neglected Gods  
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Poetry   High mark in desert  
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Narrative poetry   polytheistic, Hubal - pure springs  
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Ethics based on   tribal customs based on  
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Poetry   Religion lukewarm  
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** 632 Muhammed died   ** No successor  
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Abu Bakr   Chosen as caliph  
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Ali   was overlooked  
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Ridda Wars   Tribes back to Islam  
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Monotheism   after Muhammed dies  
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Small following   when Muhammed leaves Mecca for Medina  
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Muhammed   Umagyed threat  
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Muhammed   Fled (hijrah) yearl  
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Muhammed   Hero in Medina  
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Muhammed goes back to Mecca   Mecca-Medina War  
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Muhammed   Treaty of 628 Ka'ba  
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After Treaty of 628   Umagyed's convert  
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570   Muhammed born  
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Muhammed from Quaraysh   Prominent clan  
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Muhammed raised by   Uncle, Abu Tulib  
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Muhammed influenced by   Syria (Jews & Christians)  
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Muhammed was   teen in Mecca, married, merchant  
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** 610 Muhammed meditated in Mecca   ** Muhammed spoke to Gabriel (angel), Islam was born  
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Muhammed saw   division of unequal wealth  
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** 5 Pillars   **1. Allah is God, Muhammed prophet  
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** 5 Pillars   **2. 5 times prayer Mecca  
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** 5 Pillars   **3. Zakat  
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** 5 Pillars   **4. Fast (Ramadan)  
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** 5 Pillars   **5. Hajj (Mecca)  
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** Arabs 1st class citizen zabut only   ** Converts of the Book  
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** Arabs 1st class citizen zabut only   ** Mawali - Muslim Converts  
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** Arabs 1st class citizen zabut only   ** dhimmis - people of the book  
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** Arabs 1st class citizen zabut only   ** Non-believers pay taxes (Jizru) - worship freely  
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Problem of Succession Sunni/Shiite   Conquest made unity a problem  
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656, Uthman, 3rd Caliph is murdered   Ali supporters declare him caliph, Umayyads reject Ali, wanted revenge  
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Warfare erupts between Sunni-Shiite   Ali wins at Camel in 656  
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657   Ali consents to mediation  
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660   Umayyads set up Mu'awiya as Caliph in Jerusalem  
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Ali is murdered   Husayn Ali's son killed  
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Sunni-Shiite split   Shiites rule through Imans (Persia)  
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Sassanids weak and corrupt   Did not view Arabs as threat  
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Zoraostrianism not rooted   651 they fall  
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Byzantium proved stronger   Some Christians helped Arabs  
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Umayyad decline and fall   luxury sign of decadence  
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Umayyad   focus on palace, not day today  
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50,000 warriors in E. Iran   resented Damascus, they revolted  
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Black Banner   Abbasid Party  
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750   Umayyad fall  
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Islamic Conversion and   Mawali Acceptance  
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Islamic converts   Converts between Arabs and Mawali  
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Careers made by   Believing  
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In towns and country   Slaves served caliphs  
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Zani   Slaves from Africa  
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Great Mosques   Greek writing, preserved astronomy, medicine, geometry, anatomy, and ethics  
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(Sunni) Umayyad Age - Family Gender Roles   Womens role increase  
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(Sunni) Umayyad Age - Family Gender Roles   Marriage is stressed, no adultery  
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(Sunni) Umayyad Age - Family Gender Roles   Multiple marriages for men, 4 wives if they could support  
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(Sunni) Umayyad Age - Family Gender Roles   women, 1 husband  
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(Sunni) Umayyad Age - Family Gender Roles   women, 1st matyr - wrote Quaran and hadiths  
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(Sunni) Abbasid Era   Cruel to Umayyads  
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(Sunni) Abbasid Era   Capital to Baghdag  
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(Sunni) Abbasid Era   Great beauracracy  
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(Sunni) Abbasid Era   Wazir Chief Administrator had great power  
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(Sunni) Abbasid Era   Abassids claimed divine right of rulership  
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