The Post-Classical Era

PART III  Summary

The Chronology of the Postclassical Period

The Islamic World by 750 C.E.

The Postclassical Millennium and the World Network

The Rise of Islam

The Expansion of Civilization

The World Religions

The World Network

World History Themes

Exchange and Imitation in the Postclassical World

The First Global Civilization:
The Rise and Spread of Islam

CHAPTER SUMMARY

The Arabian World and the Birth of Islam

Clan Identity and Clan Rivalries

The Cycle of Vengeance

Mecca and
Long-Distance Trade

Medina

Woman in Pre-Islamic Arabia

Marriage and the Family in
Pre-Islamic Arabia

Poets and Neglected Gods

Before Muhammad

Muhammad of Islam

The Life of Muhammad
Continued

Persecution

Flight and Victory

Arabs and Islam

Arabs and Islam Continued

Universalistic Elements
in Islam

After Muhammad

The Arab Empire
of the Umayyads

Consolidation and Division in the Islamic Community

Motives for Arab Conquest

Weak Adversary Empires

Land Grabs

The Problem of Succession

The Sunni-Shi'i Split

Umayyad Power

Umayyad Power Continued

Converts and
"People" of the Book”

"People" of the Book”

Family and Gender Roles
in the Umayyad Age

Woman’s Rights

Civilization and Gender

Umayyad Decline and Fall

Abu al-Abbas

From Arab to Islamic Empire:
The Early Abbasid Era

The Early Abbasid Era
Continued

The Abbasid Empire

Islamic Conversion and
the Mawali Experience

The Mawali Experience

Commercial Boom and
Urban Growth

Town and Country

Country and Town

Islamic Art

The First Flowering of
Islamic Learning

Conclusion: The Measure of Islamic Achievement

The First Global Civilization:
The Rise and Spread of Islam