Ferment in the Ferment in the Middle East: The Middle East: The

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I. The Rise of Islam

A. The Role of Muhammad B. The Teachings of Muhammad

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II. The Arab Empire and Its Successors

A. Creation of an Empire B. The Rise of the Umayyads C. The Abbasids

1. Abbasid Rule 2. Instability and Division 3. The Seljuk Turks

D. The Crusades

II. The Arab Empire and Its Successors

E. The Mongols F. Andalusia: A Muslim Outpost in Europe

1. A Time of Troubles 2. Moorish Spain: An Era of “Cultural

Tolerance”?

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III. Islamic Civilization

A. Political Structures B. The Wealth of Araby: Trade and Cities

in the Middle East

III. Islamic Civilization

C. Islamic Society D. The Culture of Islam

1. Philosophy and Science 2. Islamic Literature 3. Islamic Art and Architecture

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