Trade, Growth of Cities, Muslim Society

Arabia’s CENTRAL LOCATION between trade routes makes it WEALTHY

• Why is Arabia’s location good for trade?

• What were some of the things people traded?

• Other than trade goods, what else might travel along these routes?

Map Questions: Trade

ECONOMICS--TRADEWhat kinds of things were traded across Arabia?

FROM ASIA• PORCELAIN• SPICES• SILK• GLASS• TEXTILES(CLOTH)• JEWELRY

FROM AFRICA• GOLD• IVORY• COPPER• SALT• IRON

• Trade goods,• Inventions,• Ideas/BELIEFS -ISLAM SPREAD BECAUSE OF TRADE (and wars)

ECONOMICS

• Arabia’s Location = Great for Trade– Arabia = part of Asian

continent

• Centrally located—Asia, Africa, Europe

• Transporting goods across Arabia makes Arabs WEALTHY

• Seaports (coastal cities) = Arabia received goods from distant lands

ECONOMICS

• Growth of cities • Towns began where there is water (near oases)– Cities and travel stops

• Suqs – Open air markets• Caravans (a large group of

traders traveling together across Asia or Africa) bring trade goods from other areas

• 600s AD – Merchants begin moving to market towns/oases to be near business

Growth of CitiesIdea/Word Definition/Meaning

Where were cities usually located?

•Along trade routes•Near water (OASIS)

People who lived in cities are…

•Sedentary people, “city-dwellers”•Merchants – made cities GROW!

Cities were… •Centers of trade•Cultural centers

Trade Cities • Mecca, Medina, Baghdad, (Cordoba in Al-Andalus)

Social Structure

• Social Structure– Before Muhammad • Arabian Peninsula =

many individual clans with diverse cultures; warfare is commonplace

• Clans– Families of people

related by blood or marriage

– Each clan is its own unit of government

Social Structure

• Social Structure– After

Muhammad/Spread of Islam

Caliph

Emir Emir Emir

Clan Leader Clan Leader Clan Leader Clan Leader Clan Leader Clan Leader

-The Muslim Empire reorganized Muslim society and made it more centralized. -Governed by Islamic law

Social Structure

• Social Structure– Non-Arab Muslims

– Women

– Jews/Christians

– Law

– All MUSLIM MEN are equal

– Women had marriage and property rights!

– “People of the Book” were tolerated

– Governed by Islamic Law (Qur’an/Sunnah)

Compare/Contrast Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Judaism Christianity IslamGods?Holy Book?Prophet?Afterlife

Jesus?

Ancestor

Review: Judaism & ChristianityJudaism Christianity Islam

Gods? Monotheism Monotheism MonotheismHoly Book?

Torah (Old Testament)

Bible (New Testament)

Qur’an

Prophet? Moses Jesus MuhammadAfterlife Resurrection

: 2nd comingHeaven, Hell, or Purgatory

Paradise or Hell

Jesus? Either a moral teacher or a false prophet

Son of God 2nd to last prophet (before Muhammad)

Ancestor Abraham Abraham Abraham