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