Violence And Diplomacy Essay

Violence and Diplomacy: The Success of an Empire
As I am reading this book, I can see that very easily that violence and warfare had a major part in the overall rise of Islam. As per usual, back in the days in order to be wealthy, you had to own land, and to own land you either had to purchase it, or take it by force. Since money was no easy thing to come by, force was usually the easier option. There are three examples that stand out to me on this topic and the main one is that anyone who refused to convert to Islam were condemned to die. Second extortion was very important to the rise of Islam especially in the Tabuk Crusades, as it introduced a new way to conquer lands without losing followers or money. This is also a means of diplomacy as it is a means of them to communicate with their lesser. Lastly they basically breed amazing soldier from childhood, one in particular named “The Sword of Allah”, given that title for his ferocity in battle. Religion in these times was an extremely important aspect of …show more content…
In other words, it means they are paying them to not attack them. If the invaded country decided to convert to Islam, then they still made them pay a “Zakat” tax. So no matter what you were going to be paying a tax whether you wanted to or not. The Islamic states saw a massive profit in this and decided it would be best to use these tactics (unless required to otherwise) instead of the previous tactics of killing people, because you can’t get money from dead