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I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 II. The Shaping of Early Islamic Faith and Culture

I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 II. The Shaping of Early Islamic Faith and Culture III. The Fatimid Empire, 909–1171 IV. Turkic Peoples and the Islamic Near East, 1000–1200 V. Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain, 700–1100 VI. Resisting the Latin Crusades

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I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 II. The Shaping of Early Islamic Faith and Culture

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  1. I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 II. The Shaping of Early Islamic Faith and Culture III. The Fatimid Empire, 909–1171 IV. Turkic Peoples and the Islamic Near East, 1000–1200 V. Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain, 700–1100 VI. Resisting the Latin Crusades VII.The Islamic World, 1100–1300: Unity and Diversity

  2. I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 • Abd al-Malik • A. The Rise of the Abbasids • Khurusan Marw • anti-Umayyad uprising • Abu al-Abbas (r. 749–1754) • “al-Saffah” • Abu Ja’far al-Mansur (r. 754–775) • Baghdad The Abbasid Caliphate during the Reign of Harun al-Rashid

  3. I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 • B. Early Challenges and the Consolidation of Power • Muhammad al-Nas al-Zakiya • Revolt • Al-Mahdi (r. 775–785) • Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809) • C. Conflict over Succession • Muhammad al-Amin (r. 809–813) v. • Abdallah al-Ma’mun (r. 813–833) • Al-Ma’mun • Turkic slave forces • Al-Mu’tasim (r. 833–842) • Capital to Samarra, 836 • Al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861) The Abbasid Caliphate during the Reign of Harun al-Rashid

  4. I. The Early Abbasid Caliphate, 750–1000 • D. Abbasid Decline and the Rise of Regional Dynasties • Capital to Baghdad • Al-Muqtadir (r. 909–932) • Hamdanids • Buwayhids • Power of Abbasid caliphs declines • E. The State and the Military: The Instruments of Abbasid Power • Arabic • Coinage • Mosques • Vizir • Barmakids (786–803) • F. The Urbanization of Arab-Islamic Culture • Amsar • Basra, al-Fustat • “Palace cities” • Aghmad ibn Tulun • Al-Qata’i near al-Fustat • Cairo, Fatimid palace city • Absorbs both The Abbasid Caliphate during the Reign of Harun al-Rashid

  5. C. Sunni Islam • Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-jama’a • Exegesis • Hadith • Igma • D. Piety and Humility: The Roots of Sufism • Al-Ghazali (d. 1111) • II. The Shaping of Early Islamic Faith and Culture • A. Religion and Law • Five Pillars • Shahada • Salat • Zakat • Sawm • Hajj • Ulama • B. The Rise of Shi’ism • Ali ibn Abi Talib, wife Fatima • Imam • Al-Husayn • Martyrdom • Muhammad al-Baqir (d. 731) • Son Ja’far al-Sadiq (d. 765) • Isma’ili Shi’ites • Isma’il, son of al-Sadiq • Twelver Shi’ites • Descent via 12 • Hasn al-Askari, (d. 874) • Eleventh • Al-Mahdi

  6. II. The Shaping of Early Islamic Faith and Culture • E. Cultural Florescence and Synthesis • Ibn al-Muqaffa (d. 757) • Abu Tammam (d. 845) • Al-Jahiz (d. 869) • Al-Kindi (d. 865) • Abu Bakr al-Razi (d. 925) • Al-Tabari • Bashshar ibn Burd (d. 783) • Abu Nuwas (d. 815) • Abu al-Atahiya (d. 826) • Mathematics • Hindu numerals • Muhammad ibn Mus al-Khwarizmi (d. c. 850) • (Algebra, algorithm) • Medicine • Ibn Sina (d. 1037) • F. Islamic Society • Slavery

  7. III. The Fatimid Empire, 909–1171 Aghlabids Da’wa • Isma’ili teachings • Kutama • Berbers • > Fatimids • Al-Mahdi bi-llah (r. 909–934) • Morocco, Sicily • Egypt • Al-Mu’ezz (r. 953–975) • Jawhar al-Siqilli takes al-Fustat, 969 • Al-Qahira (Cairo) • Cairo • Administrative center • Al-Aziz (r. 975–996) • Al-Mustansir (r. 1035–1094) • Internecine fighting • Seljuq conquest The Fatimid Empire

  8. IV. Turkic Peoples and the Islamic Near East, • 1000–1200 • Asian steppes • Horsemen • Diverse religions • Al-Ma’mun • Turkic slave corps • Seljuqs • Take Khurusan, 1040 • Baghdad • Manzikert, 1071 • Byzantine defeat • Toghril Beg (r. 1037–1063) • Alp Arslan (r. 1063–1072) • Malik Shah (r. 1072–1092) • Vizir, Nizam al-Mulk (d. 1092) • The Book of Government

  9. V. Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain, 700–1100 • 710, beginning of Muslim Arab conquest • Tariq ibn Ziyad • 711, Berber forces arrive • 732, height of incursion into Europe • A. The Umayyads • Abd al-Rahman (r. 756–788) • Flees Abbasid revolution • To Cordoba, 756 • Ibn Abd Rabbih (d. 940) • Ibn Hazm (d. 1064) • Abd al-Rahman III (al-Nasir) • Madinat al-Zahra • “Caliph” • 1009, Berbers attack • Former mercenaries • Fitna • B. The Ta’ifa Principalities and the Almoravids • Muluk al-Tawa’if • Ummayad caliphate dissolved, 1031 • Ended by Almoravids

  10. V. Al-Andalus: Islamic Spain, 700–1100 • C. The Almohads and the Reconquista • Muhammad ibn Tumart (d. 1130) • Muwahhidun • Take Seville, Cordoba • Ibn Tufayl (d. c. 1185) • Ibn Rushd (d. 1198) • 1212, Las Navas de Tolosa • End of Almohads

  11. VI. Resisting the Latin Crusades • A. Sicily • Viking kingdom • Ibn al-Thumna • Roger d’Hauteville (d. 1101) • Robert Guiscard (d. 1085) • Norman rule • Tolerant initially • Al-Idrisi (d. 1165) • B. The Eastern Mediterranean • Seven Crusades, 1095–1291 • First, takes Jerusalem, 1099 • Crusader kingdoms • Reaction • Atabeg Zangi, son Nur al-Din • Military commander, Salah al-Din • Salah al-din takes Egypt (r. 1171–1193) • Ayyubids • Victory against crusaders, 1187 • Retakes Jerusalem The Latin Kingdoms of the Near East

  12. VII.The Islamic World, 1100–1300: Unity and Diversity

  13. VII.The Islamic World, 1100–1300: Unity and Diversity • A. Mamluks and Madrasas • Mamluks • 1250, overthrow Ayyubids • Iqta’ • Sunnism • Khanaqas • Women’s role • Ulama • B. The “Schools” of Law and the Sufi Orders • Madhhah • Hanafi • Hanbali • Maliki • Shafi’i • Sufi brotherhoods

  14. VII.The Islamic World, 1100–1300: Unity and Diversity • C. The Mongols • Chinggis Khan, from 1220s • Against Kwharazm-Shahs • Hülegü (r. 1256–1265) • 1258, takes Baghdad • Il-khans • Ghazan I (r. 1295–1304) • 1335, collapse • Timur “the lame”

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