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Two Scientific Revolutions
The Birth and Rise of
the Caliphate
Epistemic and Political
Authority
Piety and Knowledge
Experience and Knowledge
Prudence and Knowledge
Muhammad’s Nature
A man carrying a message
The vessel of God’s word
Muhammad’s Heritage:
The Caliphate
Political Authority:
a. First among equals
b. Muhammad’s Choice
c. Precedence in Islam
Muhammad’s Heritage:
The Caliphate
Religious Authority:
a. Precedence in Islam
b. Closeness to Muhammad
c. Divine Providence
The Empire:
Apostasy Wars
What are the Apostasy Wars?
Results
a.Threat to Unity
b.Consolidation of the Elites
c.Tribalism; reconsidered
The Empire:
Succession
Traditional Solution; Collective Rule
The Choice of Umar I
The Council of Six
Abd Allah ibn Umar I
The Empire:
The Civil War
Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
The Tribes and Muhammad’s family
Old and New Elites
Disintegration of Medina Community
The Empire:
The Umayyads
The Abbasid Revolution
Arabs and Persians
Old and New Legitimacy
New Elites
Problems and Questions
Succession
The Abbasid Civil War
New Culture
New Elites and Armies
Two Scientific Revolutions
The Birth and Rise of
the Caliphate
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