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I. The Eastern Mediterranean Milieu II. The Sasanid Empire III. Byzantium, Constantinople, and Christianity IV. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam V. The Arab-Islamic Empire. I. The Eastern Mediterranean Milieu A. Agriculture: The Foundation of Imperial Economics and Stability Qanats
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I. The Eastern Mediterranean Milieu II. The Sasanid Empire III. Byzantium, Constantinople, and Christianity IV. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam V. The Arab-Islamic Empire
I. The Eastern Mediterranean Milieu • A. Agriculture: The Foundation of Imperial Economics and Stability • Qanats • B. Religion and the Ascendancy of Universalist Faiths • Paganism • Zoroastrianism • Avesta Manichaeism • Mani (216–276 C.E.) • Judaism • Rabbinate • Exilarch • Christianity • Islam Qur’an
II. The Sasanid Empire A. The Empires of Ancient Iran • satraps • Achaemenids (558–330 B.C.E.) Seleucids (323–83 B.C.E.) • Parthians (247 B.C.E.–224 C.E.) • Sasanids • Ctesiphonal-Mada’in • B. The Rise and Fall of the Sasanids Ardashir I (r. 224–241) • defeats Artabanus IV • Shapur (r. 241–272) • Captures Valerian (r. 253–260) • Huns • Mihran family • Rebellion against Khusraw • Yazdegird (r. 632–651) • Defeated by Arabs
II. The Sasanid Empire C. Sasanid Statecraft, Society, and Religion • Royal family • Patriarchal society • Zoroastrianism • Alliance between priests and kings
III. Byzantium, Constantinople, and Christianity A. Constantine and the Early Years of Byzantium Christianity • Edict of Milan—313 C.E. Capital to Constantinople—300 C.E. • Arian heresy • Caesaropapism • B. Justinian’s Imperial Ambitions Justinian (527–565) • Justinian Code • Nika rebellion • Italy • Attempts to retake
III. Byzantium, Constantinople, and Christianity • C. Changing Fortunes, 650–1025 • Arab-Islamic Empire Bulgur Khanate • Constantine V (r. 741–775) • themes • Basil II (r. 976-1025) • “Bulgaroctonus” • D. Constantinople • E. Orthodoxy and Heresypatriarch • Ecumenical Councils • Chalecedon, Nicaea • Monophysites • Iconoclastic dispute • Great Schism
IV. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam • A. Arabia before the Prophet • Christians, Jews Tribal organization • Shaykhs Paganism • Hubal • B. The Prophet Muhammad • Biographers • Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. c. 770 C.E.) • Abd al-Mali ibn Hisham (d. c. 830 C.E.) • Khadija bint Khuwaylid Yathrib > Medina • Hijra
IV. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam C. The Qur’an • Suras • Five Pillars • Shahada • Prayer • Charity • Observance of Ramadan • Hajj • D. The Sunna of the Prophet and Hadith
V. The Arab-Islamic Empire • A. The Rashidun Caliphs and the Great Fitna • Umar ibn al-Khattab (r. 634–644) • Uthman ibn Affan (r. 644–656) Ali ibn AbiTalib (r. 656–661) Division among the Quraysh • Banu Hashim • Banu Abbas • Banu Umayya • Great Fitna • Mu’awiya • Kharijites
V. The Arab-Islamic Empire • B. The Arab-Islamic Conquests • Sa’d ibn Waqqas (d. 670s) • Amr ibn al-As (d. c. 668) Alexandria—641 C.E. • The Umayyad Dynasty • Mu’awiya I (r. 661–680) • Khalifat Allah • Ashraf
V. The Arab-Islamic Empire C. The Umayyad Dynasty • Mu’awiya I (r. 661–680) • Khalifat Allah Ashraf • D. The Second Civil War • Opposed by Kharijites and Sh’ia • Shi’at Ali • al-Husayn • al-Mukhtar • Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr • defeated • E. The Evolution of Arab-Islamic Society in the Near East • Taxation • Jizya Clientage • Mawali • Arabs v. Non-Arabs
V. The Arab-Islamic Empire • F. The Reforms of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan • Military • New coinage • Dome of the Rock • Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (d. 714) • Governor of Iraq • G. Socioreligious Movements • Kharijites • Shi’ites imam • Sunni Islam • Non-Arabs • H. The Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty • Sons of Abd al-Malik • Walid (r. 705–715) • Sulayman (r. 715–717) • Hisham (r. 724–743) • periods of Civil War