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Chapter 9: The Worlds of Islam

 While reading chapter nine instead of a paragraph I decided to just do bullet points because it is easier for me to understand and I don't find it boring. It helps me memorize things a lot more. Hope you guys learn something and hope this helps you in a way! :)

Islamic Civilization
  • not only a network of faith, but also a network of exchange
  • Exchange of: goods, technologies, food products, and ideas
  • Even after the Arab Empire fell apart, the Islamic civilization continued to grow
  • Major areas of Muslim expansion: India,Anatolia, West Africa, and Spain.
India: 
  • Islam was brought to India by Muslim Turks from Central Asia
  • Violent invasions: destruction of Hindu and Buddhist temples
  • žTheir conquests led to a series of Muslim-led governments in India
  • Islam never became the dominant faith in India like it did in the Middle East, North Africa, and Persia
  • Very sharp cultural divide between Islam and Hinduism
Anatolia:
  • Was governed by Byzantine Empire at the time Filled with Christian & Greek-speaking people
  • žInvaded by the Turks
  • Small population
  • Extensive disruption of Anatolian society when the Byzantine Empire weakened
West Africa:
  • Islam spread by Muslim traders across the Sahara
  • Peaceful and voluntary acceptance of Islam
    • Mainly in urban centers of West African empires; Ghana,Songhay Mali, etc
  • Many West African cities became major centers of Islamic religious and intellectual life


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