HISTORY
RENASSIANCE
1400 Italy
Rebirth
Stressed secular subjects in lit and art
Italy = center bc connected to roman tradition, led in banking and trade
Focused on stylistic grace, practical ethics and codes of behavior
Francesco Petrarch
Art- nature and people, perspective
Classism architecture from Greece and rome
Commerce and shipping
Iberian penninsula
Chapter 7 Outline
The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Era
i. Abbasid Empire disintegrated between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. ii. Peasant revolts and slavery increased. iii. artistic and intellectual creativity age, the position of women eroded. iv. Signs of decline during the reign of Caliph al-Mahdi (775-785). failed to reconcile moderate Shi'a to Abbasid rule.
v. Al-Mahdi abandoned frugal ways and surrounded court with luxury, failed to establish a succession system resolving disputes among sons=problem to future rulers.
Imperial Extravagance and Succession Disputes
Harun al-Rashid=one of the most famous Abbasid caliphs luxury and intrigues of his court were immortalized in The Thousand and One Nights young ruler dependent on Persian advisors
Al-Rashid's death= first of many civil wars over the succession
The sons of the winner, al-Ma'mun, built personal retainer armies, some including Turkic nomads, to safeguard their futures.
Armies- power centers, removing and selecting caliphs; their uncontrolled excesses developed into a general focus for societal unrest.
Imperial Breakdown and Agrarian Disorder continual civil violence drained imperial treasury
Caliphs increased the strain by constructing costly new imperial centers
Peasants had imposing tax burdens, Agricultural villages were abandoned and irrigation works fell into disrepair.
Bandits and vagabonds; they participated in peasant rebellions often instigated by dissident religious groups.
The Declining Position of Women in the Family and Society
Male-dominated Abbasid
1400 Italy
Rebirth
Stressed secular subjects in lit and art
Italy = center bc connected to roman tradition, led in banking and trade
Focused on stylistic grace, practical ethics and codes of behavior
Francesco Petrarch
Art- nature and people, perspective
Classism architecture from Greece and rome
Commerce and shipping
Iberian penninsula
Chapter 7 Outline
The Islamic Heartlands in the Middle and Late Abbasid Era
i. Abbasid Empire disintegrated between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. ii. Peasant revolts and slavery increased. iii. artistic and intellectual creativity age, the position of women eroded. iv. Signs of decline during the reign of Caliph al-Mahdi (775-785). failed to reconcile moderate Shi'a to Abbasid rule.
v. Al-Mahdi abandoned frugal ways and surrounded court with luxury, failed to establish a succession system resolving disputes among sons=problem to future rulers.
Imperial Extravagance and Succession Disputes
Harun al-Rashid=one of the most famous Abbasid caliphs luxury and intrigues of his court were immortalized in The Thousand and One Nights young ruler dependent on Persian advisors
Al-Rashid's death= first of many civil wars over the succession
The sons of the winner, al-Ma'mun, built personal retainer armies, some including Turkic nomads, to safeguard their futures.
Armies- power centers, removing and selecting caliphs; their uncontrolled excesses developed into a general focus for societal unrest.
Imperial Breakdown and Agrarian Disorder continual civil violence drained imperial treasury
Caliphs increased the strain by constructing costly new imperial centers
Peasants had imposing tax burdens, Agricultural villages were abandoned and irrigation works fell into disrepair.
Bandits and vagabonds; they participated in peasant rebellions often instigated by dissident religious groups.
The Declining Position of Women in the Family and Society
Male-dominated Abbasid