victories over the Byzantine Empire including the Battle of Manzikert. These events were recorded by Alexius I’s daughter‚ Anna Comnena who wrote the story of her father’s life in her great work‚ the Alexiad. Jerusalem was controlled by the Fatimid Caliphate which was located around Northern Africa and was predominantly Shia Muslim. This led to conflict with Sunni group over their interpretations on the succession of the Prophet Mohammed. The underlying motivation for most of European interest in the
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Umayyad interest in Sindh Caliphate under Banu Umayyad rule According to Berzin‚ Umayyad interest in the region occurred because of attacks from Sindh Raja Dahir on ships of Muslims and their imprisonment of Muslim men and women.[1] They had earlier unsuccessfully sought to gain control of the route‚ via the Khyber Pass‚ from the Turki-Shahis of Gandhara.[1] But by taking Sindh‚ Gandhara’s southern neighbor‚ they were able to open a second front against Gandhara; a feat they had‚ on occasion
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threating however many have joined military groups upon getting out of prison. The terror groups ISIS works in groups. They have worked in groups by the “Islamic state group breaking out of Syria and drove the Iraqi military and proclaimed a worldwide caliphate or a whole country ruled by Islamic Law. They have “brainwashed” their own people into this group. Most terror groups such as ISIS try to
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Islam were the prime aspects that attracted open-minded strata of the new societies. The later caliphates that came had to constantly consolidate their territorial expansion to establish themselves as a strong leader. After‚ the house of caliphate got disturbed when Ali was assassinated it took its most active and furious form. Especially when Ummayad‚ Kharijis were standing against each other and caliphate‚ the path they used to show their prominence over the
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and as result‚ in 632c.e. (the year of Muhammad’s passing)‚ unified a cultured people that otherwise have little more in common than a geographic entity. These people‚ coined “Arabs‚ came armed with Islam as a force of conquest. Caliphs lead a caliphate beginning in the holy lands and continued on Westward towards Morocco‚ South through Northern Africa and North towards Europe. Spain had a good deal of Muslim influence until Catholics later forced them out. However‚ Islam yielded the Arabs power
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of the new republic. His goal: to raise Turkey to the level of modern civilization. 6 groups of major reforms: 1. political reforms November 1922‚ abolishment of sultanate October 1923‚ proclamation of republic March 3‚ 1924‚ abolishment of caliphate 2. social reforms 1926-1934 recognition of equal rights for men and women ex.: 1926‚ new civil code abolished polygamy and gave women equal rights in divorce‚ custody‚ and inheritance through 1920s/1930s he promoted women’s rights he also
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Have you ever wondered what sets Christiantiy from Islam apart or even what brings them together? The similarities between the spread of Islam and Christianity they both had a significant number of people in higher classed who help spread the religions. The differences between the spread of Islam to Christianity wasInside the time period c. 600 CE to 1250ce and first century to 1000ce Islam and Christianity were spread. The two religions spread socially and monetarily comparative however politically
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’a as a collective or Shi ’i individually. Shi ’a is the short form of the historic phrase Shīʻatu ʻAlī meaning "followers"‚ "faction" or "party" of Muhammad ’s son-in-law and cousin Ali‚ whom the Shia believe to be Muhammad ’s successor in the Caliphate. Twelver Shia is the largest branch of Shia Islam and the term Shia Muslim is often taken to refer to Twelvers by default. Shia Muslims constitute 10-20% of the world ’s Muslim population and 38% of the Middle East ’s entire population (Esposito)
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Comparing theories of government in England and the Ottoman empire. In attempting to compare theories of Government we need to look at the type of government in place in both England1 and The Ottoman Empire2‚3 we need to define the period for comparison. It would be good to use descriptions of the rise of each form of government by following a timeline to form the basis of this essay. This unfortunately can’t be the case‚ other than time there is no like-for-like comparison. The Ottoman’s imperial
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became more complex. The classical empires of Rome‚ Han China‚ Gupta India and Archaemenid Persia fell due to external and internal forces and were replaced by the larger empires of the post classical Byzantine; Tsui‚ Tang and Song in China and the Caliphates in Persia. Only India did not return to an over reaching centralized empire. During the post-classical Dar el-Islam united much of Eurasia with a single religious adherence to Islam. Also‚ the largest empire the world was ever to see‚ the Mongols
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