In all of the documents, there are different things that are written on each and every one of them, but the one thing that they have in common is that each event lead to the spread of Islam. In the first document which was document A, the paragraph mostly talks about the war of the Muslims and the Greeks. According to the text, “The battle that they fought at the al-Yarmuk was one of the fiercest and bloodiest kinds. In this battle 24,000 Muslims took part. By Allah’s help, some 70,000 of them [the Greeks] were put to death.”…
The early Islamic empire spread through many different subjects, some through war and conquering lands or through peace treaties and more. Those who served Islam had to do many other things that they probably weren’t happy about. War was one of the most efficient ways to spread the culture of Islam, but it was also one of the most harsh and gruesome. One fascinating battle was between the Greeks and the Muslims. According to the text Document A states, “In this battle 24,000 Muslims took part.…
In the 7th century, Muhammad, a religious man and merchant from the city, Mecca, founded the religion Islam. This monotheistic faith is based on the revelations that Muhammad supposedly received from the angel Gabriel that was given from Allah. After Muhammad’s death, a series of Caliphs, Islamic leaders, that were also Muhammad’s closest companions, took control and led the Muslims. Islam continued to rapidly expand and resulted with nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula under Muslim control. Through devoting warriors and advanced military technology, religious tolerance with tribute, and the offers of Islam, the establishment of this extensive and prosperous empire was expected.…
One day a man walked into a cave and experienced something unbelievable. The man who walked in was the one and only Muhammad which soon he created the religion Islam. Then soon became a successful person with his religion Islam one of the biggest religion. The question everybody wants to answer is why did it spread so quickly?Some of the important reasons why Islam spread is Trade,Military Conquest,Message,and Political Order.…
Over the years in Earth’s history, dominating countries have used their power and strength to take over lesser countries with ease. The strong central governments, militaries and navies, politics, knowledge and other factors allowed these dominating countries to turn into empires. One such empire that had all of these qualities in the early 7th century was the muslim empire. The muslim empire was in a period of a golden age in various branches of education and knowledge.…
As the relationship between the Middle East and the West becomes more bleak, Khomeini and Bin Laden in the world of geopolitics, share similarities in their philosophical understanding. Worthy to acknowledge are their overlapping views and growing steadfast support in the confrontation of American imperialism, despite having led parts of the Islamic world decades apart. Rather than two people sharing a common interest, the studies of Khomeini and Bin Laden rather imply a sentiment that characterizes Western intervention in Islamic foreign policy as the main factor of Muslim oppression. The two leaders react to U.S. imperialism similarly though policy and rhetoric, despite influencing Muslims decades apart. In response to conflicts with the…
Islam, one of the three major religions at the time, made the most rapid spread during the Post-Classical Age. In Muslim society, cities and other urban areas quickly developed and played important economic, religious, and cultural roles. One of the major roles that muslim cities and urban areas is the cultural role. During the Post-classical Age, Al-Hijari, an Iberian Muslim of Arab origin, boasted that Cordoba became a superior region after the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He stated that the under the Umayyads, Cordoba became the center of seekers of science and poetry and other intellectuals.…
Organized religion had an impact on all societies, whether it aided their success or was part of their downfall. The Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, the Islamic Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire all had certain stances on religion that affected the empire as a whole. Organized religion enabled particular empires to flourish, such as the Persian Empire, the Roman Empire, and the Islamic Empire, while also weakening others, including the Holy Roman Empire. The Persian Empire greatly benefitted from having coordinated religion.…
The early Islamic Empire expanded throughout the years in three different ways. One way the empire expanded was through war to get more land. In Document A it explains that the Muslims were fighting a great war and also that the Muslim women were fighting violently. Another reason the empire expanded was because the treaty persuaded some people to practice Islam. In Document B the treaty says that they will not do anything bad to them like putting them in jail or harassing them.…
The idea of Islamic terrorism against Christians was founded in politics, intertwined with America’s activities during the Cold War; in his article “Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism,” Mahmood Mamdani claims that “the mujahideen and al-Qaeda were neofundamentalist products of the Cold War—trained, equipped, and financed by the CIA and its regional allies.” Islamic neofundamentalism evolved out of the Cold War, after the United States recruited radical Muslims to fight against the Soviet Union; the policies of the United States, which encouraged terrorism in other countries that harmed the Soviet Union, therefore led to the formation of an organization that would attack the United States. Furthermore, the Cold War also brought about conflict between Western Christians and Arab Muslims regarding sophisticated weapons such as nuclear bombs; Samuel P Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations?” states that while “[t]he West [promoted] nonproliferation as a universal norm,” “non-Western nations … [asserted] their right to acquire and to deploy whatever weapons they think necessary for their security.” Here, Huntington’s claim shows how Western Christians battled with Arab Muslims for political control, each group wanting to control…
The Islamic civilization was one of the largest and most powerful civilizations of the 600-1150 A.D. period and it was able to spread really quickly in a short amount of time. The Islamic civilization had a great influence on present day as well. To this day, Islam is one of the most practiced religions in the world. The Islamic civilization had spread to encompass an extensive empire in such a short time because of religion, government/economy, and military. First, Islam was a tolerant religion.…
Throughout history, one can find examples of a nation trying to expand its borders and grow stronger, wealthier, and more influential, but during the High Middle Ages the Catholic Church takes on a mission to take back the Holy Land from Muslim Control. The Crusades are a special event that only occur during the High Middle Ages, and in no other era of history does one find the Catholic Church put together a military campaign to take control another land. While some historians look back upon the Crusades as a purely religious expedition, others consider them to be the conquest of new lands in order to grow in power and wealth. Imperialism within the Middle Ages can be seen as both similar to other ages in history and different because the reasoning…
Especially in modern times, when there seemed to be no trace of imperialism, neo-imperialism still existed underground. Many were dumbfounded by what King Leopold II had done in secret to the Congo, but would even be more stunned at things the United States, a more modernized country where liberty and justice were highly valued, has done. The Americans have always wondered to what extent has the US done to the Middle East countries, that resulted in the 9/11 tragedy. Of course, the US’s intervention in the Middle East was accounted for, however, the reason was that the United States has been creating its own “empire”, and took a wrong step. John Perkins, author of his controversial work “The Confession of an Economic Hit Man”, has thoroughly described his work as an insider in this plan of imperialism, often call the Economic Hit Man, hereby sponsored by the United States’ government and private companies to put foreign countries in debts, make them go bankrupt “so that they would be forever beholden to their creditors, and so they would present easy targets when we needed favors, including military bases, UN votes, or access to oil and other natural resources.”…
The spread of Islam had spread so quickly since 661 A.D and continues to grow very quickly even in 2016. Due to 3 main reasons of the Quickly spreading religion in the A.D era, is Military conquest, The way Muslims treat other people and Trade. This made Islam spread very quickly throughout some parts of Europe and the middle east. The Military Conquest that the Muslims had used proved to be very effective when Conquering Other regions or other armies.…
Mathematics, astronomy, geography, literature, arts, and philosophy are all things we consider to be advanced thought and help us as a society. For these things, we can thank Islam. Islam was and still is a world power. Islam has thoroughly shaped the world as we know it. Its power spread exceedingly quickly however.…