dramatically. Items from India, China, and Iran passed easily across the Asian steppes, and these contacts culturally enriched Iran. For example, Iranians developed a new style of painting based on a unique fusion of solid, two-dimensional Mesopotamian painting with the feathery, light brush strokes and other motifs characteristic of China.
After Ghazan's nephew, Abu Said, died in 1335, Iran again lapsed into petty dynasties the Salghurid, Muzaffarid, Inju, and Jalayirid, under Mongol commanders, and regional chiefs.
Tamerlane, was the next ruler to achieve emperor status. He conquered Transoxiana proper and by 1381 established himself as its sovereign. He did not have the huge forces of earlier Mongol leaders, so his conquests were slower …show more content…
The Prophet Mohammad is chosen by God to present his message to humanity. There is a resurrection of the body and soul on the last or judgment day; divine justice will reward or punish believers based on actions undertaken through their own free will, Twelver Shiites are seen as direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
The distinctive dogma and institution of Shiite Islam is the Imam-ate, which includes the idea that the successor of Muhammad be more than merely a political leader. The Imam must also be a spiritual leader, which means that he must have the ability to interpret the inner mysteries of the Qur’an and the sharia. The Shiites further believe that the Twelve Imams who succeeded the Prophet are sinless and free from error and by God through Muhammad.
The Imam begins with Ali, who is accepted by Sunni Muslims as the fourth of the "rightly guided caliphs" to succeed the Prophet. Shiites revere Ali as the first Imam, and his descendants, beginning with his sons Hasan and Husayn, continue the line of the Imams until the Twelfth, who ascended into a supernatural state to return to earth on judgment
After Ghazan's nephew, Abu Said, died in 1335, Iran again lapsed into petty dynasties the Salghurid, Muzaffarid, Inju, and Jalayirid, under Mongol commanders, and regional chiefs.
Tamerlane, was the next ruler to achieve emperor status. He conquered Transoxiana proper and by 1381 established himself as its sovereign. He did not have the huge forces of earlier Mongol leaders, so his conquests were slower …show more content…
The Prophet Mohammad is chosen by God to present his message to humanity. There is a resurrection of the body and soul on the last or judgment day; divine justice will reward or punish believers based on actions undertaken through their own free will, Twelver Shiites are seen as direct descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.
The distinctive dogma and institution of Shiite Islam is the Imam-ate, which includes the idea that the successor of Muhammad be more than merely a political leader. The Imam must also be a spiritual leader, which means that he must have the ability to interpret the inner mysteries of the Qur’an and the sharia. The Shiites further believe that the Twelve Imams who succeeded the Prophet are sinless and free from error and by God through Muhammad.
The Imam begins with Ali, who is accepted by Sunni Muslims as the fourth of the "rightly guided caliphs" to succeed the Prophet. Shiites revere Ali as the first Imam, and his descendants, beginning with his sons Hasan and Husayn, continue the line of the Imams until the Twelfth, who ascended into a supernatural state to return to earth on judgment