S1:E27 – Early Arabic Islam - Geography and Culture
Episode Notes
The Geography and Effects on the Arab World // The Qu'ran and its purpose //
The Geography and Effects on the Arab World // The Qu'ran and its purpose //
Justinian, Constantinople, Greek Fire and the Great Siege, the Bulgar Slayer, and Manzikert
Ghana builds a trade empire, Islam connects the world, Mali, Timbuktu, Mansa Musa takes a Hajj, Armies grow and professionalize, Songhay conquers the Sahel,
From Civilization as Old as Egypt to being a Third of the Indian Oceanic Trade World
The Qin and Han Dynasties // Destroying the Old Culture // The Building of the Silk Road and a Great Wall // the Expansion of "China" to create a Greater China
Confucianism in a Time of War
Civilization at the End of the World (or is it the Center of it?)
Chandragupta conquers an Empire // Ashoka tries to Run it - a kinder and gentler empire
Notes go here
Size and geography break up the Subcontinent's cultures // The Indus must control the Mountains (or Pakistan must Control Afghanistan) // Apartheid that works - Caste system keeps kids from having the "wrong" babies with the "wrong" people.