Chapter 10

The Islamic World:

Religion and Culture

(ca. 570–1300)

The Religion of Islam

Muhammad and Islam

Submission to God

The Qur’an

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The Spread of Islam

Sunni – represents roughly 90% of all Muslims; ruler chosen by the faithful

Shiites – insist on rule via the descendents of Ali, cousin and son-in-law to Muhammad

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Islamic Culture

Scholarship in the Islamic world

Islamic poetry Secular poetry

Sufi poetry

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Islamic Culture (cont.)

Islamic prose literature The Thousand and One Nights

Prose tales

Islamic art and architecture

Music in the Islamic world

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