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J. Shon
Tong Unit III J. Shon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 632 C.E | Prophet Muhammad visted his native city of Mecca from his home in exile at Medina |
| Hajj | Holy Pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Muhammad | Born around 570 C.E, gained a position of some prominence in Meccan society |
| Conflict at Mecca | Conflict centered around religious issues, as well as the growing popularity of Muhammads preachings |
| Ka'ba | Best known shrine, large black rock long considered to be the dwelling of a powerful deity |
| Five Pillars of Islam | Constituted a simple but powerful framework that has bound the umma into a cohesive community |
| Expansion of Islam | Islamic armies ranged well beyond the boundaries of Arabia, carrying their religion and their authority to Byzantine and Sasanid territories |
| Establishment of Umayyad Dynasty | Solved the problem of succession |
| Policy of Conquered | A policy in which contributed to high morale among Arab conquerors, but it caused severe discontent among the scores of ethnic and religious group conquered by the Umayyads |
| Hemispheric Trade | By the time of the Abbasid caliphate, elaborate trade networks linked all the regions of the Islamic world |
| Quran | Along with the Sharia reinforced male dominance |
| Al Ghazali | Most important of the early sufis, persian theologian argued that human reason was too frail to understand the nature of Allah and hence could not explain the mysteries of the world |
| Perisan Influence | Persian traditions quickly found a place in Islamic society, since the culturally rich land of Persia fell under Islamic rule at an early date |
| Sufi's | Most effective Islamic missionaries |
| Xuanzang | Forbidded his Emperor's rules to travel beyond Chinese border, his destination India |
| Tang Taizong | Reigned 627-647 C.E, emperor with great energy ability and policies |
| Equal Field System | Governed the allocation of agricultural land, purpose to ensure an equitable distribution of land and to avoid the concentration of landed property that had caused social problems |
| Wu Zhao | Rare female ruler, daughter of a scholar official |
| Zhu Xi | Most important representitive of Song neo- Confucianism, a great philosopher and a prolific writer. |
| Urbanization | Demographic surge encouraged the concentration of people in cities |
| Caste and Society | Migrations, growing prominence of Islam, economic development and urbanization all place pressures on the caste system |
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