trade partners-
- india
- china
- arabia
- northwest africa
- egypt
- black sea
- southwest persia
reasons for trading-
some if the money from trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals
bank system-
start of the bank system was when muhammad acted as an agenr for his wife for her trading operations
islamic partnerships did not use interest on day to day transactions
partnerships performed important economic funtion
currency-
the dinar is the main form of currency
currently go into an american dollar
sakks
sukuk- singular word
financial certificated kind of like bonds
muslim empire religion-
pray 5 times a day
believe they know everything about religion and theirs is the only one that is right
also believe that allah will give them 72 virgins, when they die of course..
cause a lot of violent problems yet believe their religion causes peace
beliefs-
they believe that there is only one god
quran- verb meaning He read
they believe it is different from all other books in ways that are impossible for any other book to be
history in the 10th century-
muslims and their religion have greatly impacted the political, economic and military history of the old world especially the middle east, where lies its roots
11th century-
part of the abbasid era
christianity was 11% in the middle east
12th century-
also part of that era
christianity in the 12th century was marked by a continuation of the crusaders, namely with the second crusade in the holy land
13th-
helped create cross- cultural religion (combining religions)
got freedom of speech (you could say anything you wanted and no one could do anything about it)
mongol invasions- occured in the 13th century
main leader was genghis khan
2 strategies war- he used conquered soldiers or peasants at the front line
used archery generaly on horses
main weapon was a long bow made of wood and bone
conquered most of the asian continent
genghis khan passed the leadership on to his sons
was not tolerant of the islam religion
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