MEDIEVAL W. ASIA

Nomadic

MECCA Hijaz ?

Zamzam Ka’ba

Quraysh Muhammad

Merchant

Revelations Allah

Last prophets

Quran – holy book

Jesus, Abraham, Moses “God” Complete revelation

5 Pillars One God Allah Ramadan Charity Hajj

EXPANSION

CALIPH Religious, political

MARKETS Artisans, merchants

TRADE Camel Land, sea

WOMEN Patriarchal

Quran?

Veiling, escorts

Medicine 900-1100

CULTURE

Avicenna Canon

Math, hospitals

SCIENCE

Missionaries Personal, emotional

SUFIS

India S.E. Asia

SPREAD

15th Cent. $$$ N. Africa to E. India S. Europe

Small states Conquest ++

OTTOMANS

Ghazi Religious warriors

Military

THE SAFAVID EMPIRE

SAFAVIDS Shi’a, sect of Islam

Shah Abbas the Great Trade

Bazaar