Tamara Wattenbarger
25/10/2017 21:30:17
This is the second margin question
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not Brandon
26/10/2017 17:01:38
woah man imma have to ask u to slow down i havnt even started the chapter yet
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Bingham
26/10/2017 17:24:04
Dude, you are not contributing to the conversation. This is about finding paths to success, building neural pathways, growing as a human being. If you don't get that, then at least keep comments like that off this forum.
not Brandon
26/10/2017 17:32:16
Ok
Bingham
26/10/2017 17:33:38
This looks solid. I'll think about it, but it looks pretty comprehensive. Obviously the term "jihad" is loaded in the current context. If I recall, it translates to "struggle" as much as to holy war. A struggle to spread the faith, fight non-believers. But in it's essence, it is the struggle to maintain one's faith, the struggle to care for family, the struggle to build the community. So this is a much more liberal idea in the first 1000 years of Islam, an idea of connectedness. Later, some leaders stressed to more violent meaning of the word.
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faith davis
27/10/2017 18:24:40
first margin question: in what ways did the early history of Islam reflect it's Arabian origins?
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Bingham
28/10/2017 10:35:14
Excellent. Nice, tight answer.
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Jackie
28/10/2017 12:28:00
Would the part of how Quran wanted the community to be submissive go with this answer as well?
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Bingham
28/10/2017 19:16:56
I think you're misunderstanding the submission stuff. The idea is individual submission to Allah. Period.
Jackie Simmons
28/10/2017 13:07:42
margin question #4
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Allie Guerra
31/10/2017 19:51:11
Hey Jack, I think it might also be important that Arab armies engaged in the Byzantine and Persian empires - the process giving rise to the Arab empire because it made their presence known in Europe and China. This meant that it was easier for them to make their way in when those other empires collapsed. Let me know if I'm wrong please :)
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Chaise Jones
31/10/2017 19:56:39
I have a few more:
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Alison Wang
31/10/2017 20:41:35
I also found that:
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Christina Eagleson
1/11/2017 11:40:51
this is late, but you might also want to consider the fact that most conquered peoples were already monotheists and familiar with the core ideas/practices of the Believer's Movement
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Jackie Simmons
28/10/2017 13:22:09
margin question 5
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jackie simmons
28/10/2017 13:27:45
never mind i have realized some more reason, my mistake
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Lia Stallmann
29/10/2017 22:19:03
I was slightly confused on the approach to this question too but I just wanted to throw my answers out:
jackie
30/10/2017 13:54:43
hey lia, i also have merchants found a religion friendly commerce and in the Arab Empire they enjoyed huge and secure arena for trade
Chaise Jones
31/10/2017 20:07:12
Lia, I have the same points as you, but I feel like the trade appealing one could be a bit more specific. Strayer uses the words: "Arab Empire they enjoyed a huge and secure arena for trade". I would maybe just add huge and secure arena, but I'm not sure if that really matters, but those might be alligator words Mr. Bingham is looking for.
Bingham
28/10/2017 19:18:48
Ha! I love it when people think out loud on the forum!
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Chloe Shupe
28/10/2017 20:53:34
MQ 3. How was Arabia transformed by the rise of Islam?
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Bingham
29/10/2017 14:21:14
Looks good to me.
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Tamara Wattenbarger
29/10/2017 12:39:58
MQ 6:
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Chaise Jones
31/10/2017 19:11:07
I would also add (though I am not sure if this is completely correct) that Sunnis were advocates of the established order while Shias were a minority within the order. Also, the fact that the conception of martyrdom became more common with Shias (after many armed revolts occurred) and Shias began to accept that their leaders who had been defeated were not dead but just in hiding.
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Alison Wang
31/10/2017 21:07:32
I think you could also add to the Shia that only the imams had a religious authority that the caliphs lacked? I'm not 100% sure though.
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Christina Eagleson
1/11/2017 16:00:51
^yeah, building off of this, the sunnis' authority emerged from the larger community, specifically from the ulamas (religious scholars), while the shias were led by imams who could infallibly interpret divine revelation and law
Bingham
29/10/2017 14:33:16
You're really going to want to focus on big picture questions, and comparisons in chapter such as these. We need to understand the wider impact of each civilization, (because thats context right? And you need to be able to do that ion the DBQ, right?) so let's get that stuff in your tool box for later. And comparisons (within the civilization) are always a great way to gain deep lasting understanding with memory hooks that work.
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Tamara Wattenbarger
29/10/2017 15:53:26
MQ 11:
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Bingham
29/10/2017 17:54:15
Nice.
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john Liu
29/10/2017 20:50:39
MQ 7
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Chloe Shupe
30/10/2017 18:30:59
I disagree with the point about desire for emotional union with God. The Sufis were aiming towards emotional union with God so they were not critical of the desire for emotional union with God. Other than that I think your answer looks great!
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Olivia Miller
30/10/2017 22:46:42
I would also add that Sufi Muslims saw the worldly success of Islamic civilization as a distraction and deviation from the purer spirituality of Muhammad's time
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Tamara Wattebarger
31/10/2017 21:39:36
While they did believe that the sharia got in the way of the experiencing the divine, it was because they urged people to have more intimate and personal relationships with Allah, and they believed laws could get in the way of the individual practice of Islam
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jackie
30/10/2017 13:51:15
margin question 10
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Lauren Dotson
1/11/2017 19:24:13
I would also add:
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Chloe Shupe
31/10/2017 18:17:53
MQ 9. What similarities and differences can you identify in the spread of Islam to India, Anatolia, West Africa, and Spain?
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Lauren Dotson
1/11/2017 19:19:14
I would also mention:
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Alison Wang
31/10/2017 21:35:28
MQ 8: How did the rise of Islam change the lives of women?
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Christina Eagleson
1/11/2017 16:58:23
you might also want to add that marriage by capture was considered illegitimate because marriage was seen as a contract between two consenting parties
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Lauren Dotson
1/11/2017 19:09:39
Moreover, I remember Strayer talked about spiritually women were equal to men, but in social terms they were lesser (which you touched on briefly). Women had choice in their marriages, they could decline marriage offers ex. Rabia (she also had religious debates with men). Caliph Mansur took this whole women can't be seen thing far as well, he commissioned a bridge to be built across the Euphrates River to the new capital of Baghdad. Justification for why women were inferior was by Al-Ghazali. Oh, and men could have multiple wives, polygamy, (up to 4) he had to treat them all equally (supposedly) and women could only have one husband.
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