Connections: A World HistorySecond Edition

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Connections: A World History, Second EditionEdward H. Judge • John W. Langdon

Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of Southern Asia, 711–1400

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Angkor WatAngkor Wat

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam Affect South AsiaBuddhism, Hinduism, and Islam Affect South Asia

Religion and Diversity in the Religion and Diversity in the Transformation of Southern Asia,Transformation of Southern Asia,

711–1400 711–1400

A. Islam Expands Eastward

B. Islamic Persia and the Abbasid Caliphate

C. Cosmopolitan Islam

D. The Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate

E. The Islamic Impact on India

F. India’s Influence on Southeast Asia

Islam Expands EastwardIslam Expands Eastward

Islam Expands EastwardIslam Expands Eastward

A. Course and Consequences1. Expansion into Persia, Afghanistan, and India

2. The Abbasids and Islam’s Golden Age

3. The challenges of unification

4. Competing religions in India

5. India’s influence

Islamic Persia and the Abbasid Islamic Persia and the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

Islamic Persia and the Abbasid Islamic Persia and the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

A. Sasanian Decline and Muslim Conquest

FOUNDATION MAP 12.1 The Abbasid Caliphate in FOUNDATION MAP 12.1 The Abbasid Caliphate in 800 C.E.800 C.E.

Islamic Persia and the Abbasid Islamic Persia and the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

B. Persian Influences on Islamic Governance and Culture1. A blended culture

C. The Impact of Shi’ite Opposition1. The Sunni-Shi’ite context

2. Opposition to Umayyad rule

3. The Abbasids in Persia

Islamic Persia and the Abbasid Islamic Persia and the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

D. The Rise of Baghdad1. Strategic location

A sketch of the inner city of Baghdad around the A sketch of the inner city of Baghdad around the year 800 C.E.year 800 C.E.

Cosmopolitan IslamCosmopolitan Islam

Cosmopolitan IslamCosmopolitan Islam

A. Abbasid Governance1. Continuity and reform

B. Commerce and Culture in the Abbasid Caliphate1. Promotion of trade

2. Cultural renaissance

3. Innovation

A page from a 12th-century Islamic A page from a 12th-century Islamic manuscript dealing with alchemy.manuscript dealing with alchemy.

A Muslim astronomer’s depiction of the A Muslim astronomer’s depiction of the constellation Sagittarius, copied from the original constellation Sagittarius, copied from the original

manuscript in 1730.manuscript in 1730.

Cosmopolitan IslamCosmopolitan Islam

C. Sufis and Fundamentalists1. Sufi mysticism

2. Militant Islamic fundamentalism

The Decline of the Abbasid The Decline of the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

The Decline of the Abbasid The Decline of the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

A. Forces of Disintegration1. Succession conflicts

2. The Malmuks

3. Disloyalty in the Abbasid bureaucracy

4. The end of Abbasid rule

The Decline of the Abbasid The Decline of the Abbasid CaliphateCaliphate

B. Continuity of Islamic Unity and Expansion1. Forces for unity and expansion

The Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo.The Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo.

The Islamic Impact on IndiaThe Islamic Impact on India

The Islamic Impact on IndiaThe Islamic Impact on India

A. Islamic Invasions from Persia1. Persian warlords

2. The Ghaznavids

MAP 12.2 The Ghaznavid Islamic Empire, 1030MAP 12.2 The Ghaznavid Islamic Empire, 1030

The Islamic Impact on IndiaThe Islamic Impact on India

B. Conflict and Connection: Muslims and Hindus1. Religious differences

2. Ghaznavid persecution

3. The Delhi Sultanate

The Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi, featuring The Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in Delhi, featuring Hindu motifs such as tasselled ropes and bells.Hindu motifs such as tasselled ropes and bells.

India’s Influence onIndia’s Influence onSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asia

India’s Influence onIndia’s Influence onSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asia

A. Funan: The First Southeast Asian State1. Southeast Asia

2. Funan

MAP 12.3 Southeast Asia, 800–1400MAP 12.3 Southeast Asia, 800–1400

India’s Influence onIndia’s Influence onSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asia

B. The Cambodian Empire1. Hindu influence

C. Srivijaya: Coalition and Cultural Blend1. Buddhist commercial empire

2. Southeast Asian and Indian cultural blend

Relief sculpture at the temple complex of Relief sculpture at the temple complex of Borobodur in central Java, depicting scenes from Borobodur in central Java, depicting scenes from

the life of the Buddha.the life of the Buddha.

Key Dates and DevelopmentsKey Dates and Developments