MMW 12 Chapter ROI 4: Cities in the Early Abbasid Period: Soldiers, Merchants, and Scholars
21 Feb 2017
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Mmw 12 textbook notes roi chapter 4: cities in the early abbasid period: soldiers, Merchants, and scholars; harun al-rashid and the succession arrangement; the wealth of the abbasid court; the markets of baghdad. Chapter 4: cities in the early abbasid period: soldiers, merchants, and scholars. Defeat of muhammad al-nafs al-zakiya put end to large-scale shi"i revolts. Pro-umayyad uprisings in syria and northern mesopotamia. Started to say that the umayyad led people astray from the true muslim path, and that they were going to bring people back to it: put power in people who resembled the leadership of muhammad. Those in their own house: muhammad said that leadership should follow his uncle, al-abbas, not ali ibn abi. Abbasids took a lot from the umayyad: the umayyad allowed the abbasids to have the success that they did by laying the groundwork for them. Growth of trade allowed for prosperity: wealth contributed to the rise of arab-islamic culture.
