https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7 Homework Questions en-us 2016-10-26 19:15:10 UTC 2025-12-30 14:39:37 UTC hello@padlet.com polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/133457552 Was Muhammad the founder of Islam? What is the difference between how imams and Caliphs are chosen? I'm confused about how imams and caliphs are religious texts? The video made it sound like they were people but the slideshow said religious texts.

Yes, Muhammad founded Islam.Imams are spiritual leaders of a Muslim community. Think your local priest or preacher in Christianity, although Islam has no official clergy (intermediary between man and god). Caliphs are the representative of god on Earth, like the Pope is for Catholicism, so there would only be one of those at a time, whereas there would be thousands of imams. Religious texts are hadiths, not caliphs.]]> 2016-10-26 19:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/133457552 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/133458001 Considering the rapid expansion of the Islamic Empire, which factors contributed more to its rapid rise, voluntary conversions or forced conversions, and affect did this have on society? Another question, since non Muslims were given the head tax, did this prompt more of the voluntary conversions throughout the empire and soon to be territory?

1) Most people converted voluntarily, but at the same time, had a person's territory not been conquered by Islam, that person would not have been exposed to Islam and therefore could not have converted.

2) I'm sure some converted in order to save money, but because many of the areas it conquered weren't Christian, the idea of an afterlife with a heaven was new to most people and, therefore, extremely appealing regardless of financial incentives to convert.]]> 2016-10-26 19:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/133458001 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/133458366 You comared him (Ibn Battuta) as the marco polo of islam can you explain that?

Marco Polo was a Christian explorer/merchant to traveled around quite a bit of the world. Ibn Battuta was his equal, probably more so because we know he actually went to all the places he said; many historians believe Polo lied about a lot of what he'd seen.]]> 2016-10-26 19:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/133458366 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/136376124 During the decline of the Umayyad when they stopped expanding, the No Wars= better off lives. Why did this come to an end if it worked so well for them?

It's not quite as simple as war ending = better lives. The wars were fought to establish the empire. Anyone who is part of an empire and is not part of the ruling majority class/race/religion is going to be dissatisfied for the most part. When the Ummayad began living lavish lives and didn't govern effectively is when the people began to be angry.]]> 2016-11-09 13:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/136376124 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/136376525 If the Indian people had religious freedoms how did things become "messy"? What is sufis and how did it help spread Islam?

One can say you can worship freely, but because Islam and Hinduism were so different in how one should live their life, you can imagine Muslim rulers were not be so pleased with Indians living as they do.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sufism

]]> 2016-11-09 13:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/136376525 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/136376888 This wasn't in this video but its a general Islam question: Were there multiple caliphates at the same time in Islam? I know each caliphate had a ruler but how were all of them tied together? I think i am a bit confused on the political structure especially because Islam covered such a wide area.

During the Abbasid caliphate, the empire was fractured at times. Just like any empire we've studied, those furthest from the center were the first to claim some autonomy. Such was the case here and when the Abbasids were weak, there were smaller - less official - caliphates. Like, for example, today ISIS is claiming a caliphate, but nobody recognizes it.]]> 2016-11-09 13:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/6o7pfha7dlj7/wish/136376888