Scholars and lawgivers
Mystical hermits
Agents of the Caliph's beauracracy
Bishops called Ramadan
Ali
Muhammed
Umar
Harun al-Rashid
Jerusalem
Mecca
Medina
Baghdad
Bureaucratic structures
State-run legal codes
The control of the gold trade between the Mediterranean and the sub saharan Africa
The expansion and conquest of foreign territory
The development of durable political institutions
Moving the Muslim capital to Baghdad
The spread of Islam among non-Muslims
The use of professional soldiers and slaves for troops
Hadj
Sufism
Ulama
Sharia
Fast of Ramadan
Prayer three times a day
Belief in one god; Allah
Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in yourlife; hadj
The Sunni-Shia split
Persuasive legalism
Overambitious Imams
Sufi mysticism
Were persecuted by the caliphs as heretics
Explored how much truth could be foundthrough reason
Argued that laboratory proof and experimentation formed the most important source of knowledge
Argued that belief in Allah was mere superstition
Humorous poetry
Portrait painting
Vocal music
Palace architecture
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
A city state
Emperor
Regional prince
An aristocratic council
Developed new contacts with popular devotion
Stressed their scholarly achievement
Loosened the caste system
Pioneered in new scientific findings
Helping regulate soceity when the governments were weak
Providing a clear sense of place and identity
Limiting friction among differentracial and ethnic groups
Helping to assure that the most talened people would rule
A strong peasant village government
The importance of Buddihism as a significant religion
Diversity of languages
A caste system
Vietnam
Malaysia
Indonesia
Korea
Buddhism
Hinduism
Centalized empires
Hostility to Islam
A strong commercial presence
Military conquest
Fervent missionary piety
The reduction of Indian independence during the Delhi Sultanate
The muslim disregard for Hindu spirituality
Muslims attitude towards alcohol
The muslims attitude toward pork
The muslim practice of veiling and secluding women
Sumatra
Java
Borneo
Vietnam
Southern Africa
Europe
North Africa
Asia
200 BC
700 AD
1400 AD
1570 AD
Mecca
Timbuktu
Cairo
Rome
The developement of durable political institution
Bureaucratic structures
State-run legal codes
The expansion conquest of foreign territory
Mali
Axum
Songhay
Ethiopia