Feudalism And Islam

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Lords and Vassals

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When a noble man bound himself in serive to a lord he swore a solem oath to be faithful to his vows and lord. He then became the lords Vassal. In return the vassal recived his fief which was usually land. Vassals main job was warfare. Sometimes paid extra taxes to help his lord.

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Rise and Spread of Islam

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Muhammad spoke his visions and he first converted his wife. He was having trouble psreading his word though. He and his wife travelled to a city 25 miles north called Medina. Here he spread his word and the city was converting tribe by tribe.

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Islamic Spain

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A century after Muhammads death Islam had sawyed fomr India to Spain

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Reconquest

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The Christians offered privileges to Muslim and Jewish artisans and merchants. By the late 13th century the Muslim lands had dwindled to the city of Granada

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Crusades

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Christians challenged the power of Islam and lost; w/ the Reconquest of Spain, however, the Christians prevailed over the Muslims