"The Andreas Cheat Sheet: 2" Flashcards
Umayyad Caliphate
692-750 CE: Ruled by a caliph, first caliph was uthman, the caliphate began to establish a political, artistic and cultural legacy in the areas it had conquered, influences by Byzantine, Greek, Persian traditions, Arabic language, created Dome of the Rock, allowed different religions to be followed freely, grew at west as Spain and east as Iran,
Mawali
New converts to Islam, occupied positions of power and wealth, treated as social inferiors, could work as soldiers, could not marry Arab women
Jizya
A tax paid by the non-believers of Islam
Abbasid Caliphate
750-1258 CE: founded by non-Arab Muslims and Shi’a Muslims becuase of contreversy of Umayyad clan, took name from early supporter of the Prophet, center of power where Arab and Iranian cultures conjoin to produce period for philosophy, science, and literature, had Golden Age for all fields of studies (see Golden Age of Baghdad and House of Wisdom)
House of Wisdom
University, primary symbol of the glory of the Abbasid Baghdad, Greek and Indian works made way to Islamic culture, translated works of Plato, Aristotle
Golden Age of Baghdad:
Astronomy
Medicine
Diet
A period of unrivaled intellectual activity in all fields: science, technology, and literature (particularly biography, history, and linguistics)
Astronomy: collected and corrected previous astronomical data, built the world’s first observatory, and developed the astrolabe, an instrument used in astronomy, geography and navigation.
Medicine: they experimented with diet, drugs, surgery, and anatomy, and in chemistry, scientists isolated and studied a wide variety of minerals and compounds
Diet: transformed the diet of medieval Europe by introducing such plants as plums, artichokes, apricots, cauliflower, celery, and fennel, as well as rice, sorghum, new strains of wheat, the date palm, and sugarcane.
Fiqh
an Islamic philosophy of jurisprudence, four schools: Hanafi, Shafi’i, Miliki, Hanbali, studied Qur’an closely to find guidance about social and political instituitions, observed customs of Muslims in Medina, showed people how to live
Hadith
Account of Muhammed’s words and actions, published in volumes, some are considered with isnad, a description of the origin
Shari’a
Islamic law discussions of legal scholars and fiqh, “Shar’ia covers all sorts of situations, including: prayer, zakat, fasting, marriage, divorce, slavery, business partnerships and contracts, debt, wills, etc”
Itjihad
the individual judgement based upon reason, was debated upon between the Sunni and Shi’a to answer the questions of who makes the decision if that decision is not clearly stated in the Qu’ran, says that the leader could make their own judgement without consent, but the leader had to have a good reason behind it
Mujtahid
the scholars that used the idea of itjihad, scholars had to be very familiar with the Quran and know the philosophy of fijh.
Ulama
the people that held spiritual authority in the beliefs of Sunni Muslims, generally worked as teachers, judges and various sorts of bureaucrats, worked for their teachers in a sort of apprenticeship position, became personally attached to teachers ulama became powerful political forces throughout the Islamic world, could give legitimacy to a caliph or undermine his authority, became head bureaucrats, judges, lawmakers or powerful oppositional forces that could also influence the government. gain favor with the ulama and bolster their claims to power
Sufis
Practioners of Sufism, scholars define as a science whose objective is reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God, generally believed to have originated among Muslims near Basra, Iraq, characterized by their particular attachment to dkihr/remembrance, arose among a number of Muslims a reaction against the worldliness of the early Umayyad Caliphate, chief aim is to seek the pleasing of God by working to restore within themselves the primordial state of fitra, described in Qur’an, must learn from teachera, are unanimous in agreeing that Sufism cannot be learned through books, to reach highest levels of success in Sufism, disciple live with and serve the teacher for many years
Al-Andalus
The center of Arabic Spain, influenced of Islamic learning and also had European influence in religion, architecture, and government
Battle of Tours
732 CE, In southwestern France where the Muslims and the Franks fought for the control of Spain, the Franks overpowered the Muslims in the final battle
Abd al-Rahman III
750 CE, The ruler of the period that was called the Golden Age of Cordoba, one of the richest men in the Islamic world
Reconquista
1250-1492 CE, Event that the Christians in Islamic Spain wanted to persuade Muslims to join their faith by forcing tax revenues and strip them of their posts
Iqta
A grant of the right to collect taxes on a certain area of land
Mawali
A person essentially adopted into a Muslim tribe
First Crusade
1096-1099 CE, Mission was to take back Jerusalem from the Muslims, result was success until the Muslims took back Jerusalem 15 years after Pope Urban II called for the crusade
Mawdud
An officer who was appointed to the post of governer to Jerusalem after the First Crusade and drive out the Europeans
Zengi
1128-1146 CE, Governor of Monsul, expanded rule for the Muslims, most powerful commander in syria, went to Damscus to fight the Crusaders and defeated one of the Crusaders’ states, used jihad against Europeans,
Nur ad-Din
1146-1174 CE, succeeded Zengi and continues legacy of Zengi, became most respected of the Muslim world
Second Crusade
1145-1449 CE, Mission was to take back Damascus, called by Pope Eugene III, failed because they instead fought non-Christian neighbors, wanted to take over Iberian Peninsula, instead stopped in Spain to try to control Lisbon against the Muslims