RLCL 1024 Quiz: QUIZ 3 JCL
5 Dec 2017
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Jews (1096: the islamic caliphate from spain to india, rabi a basri, poems (selections, jalaluddin rumi, poems (selections) Caliphate: adam was the first caliph, muhummad claimed he was the last prophet. The 6th century: arabia and the rise of islam. The last emperor to rule in rome is deposed in 476 ce. Byzantine empire, with its capital at constantinople, rules the near east. Christianity is the dominant religion of the eastern mediterranean. Small christian communities in the major trading cities of arabia: mecca & medina. Large communities of jews in north africa and mesopotamia. Small communities throughout the eastern and north mediterranean, as well as in arabia. Mecca and medina at the time of mohammed. Politically and economically controlled by the tribe of quraysh. The umayyads are the dominant family in quraysh. Member of the quraysh, a powerful merchant tribe with much political control in mecca. Flees to medina (yathrib) because his preaching is upsetting the ruling order between the.
