Book contents
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in Color Plates)
- Illustrations (in Color Plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Tang China and the Rise of the Silk Roads
- Chapter 2 Islam: The Conquest of Lands and Oceans
- Chapter 3 India: A Core with Four Centers
- Chapter 4 Southeast Asia: The Rise of the Srīwijayan Thalassocracy and the Javanese Kingdoms
- Chapter 5 East Africa: Dawn of the Swahili Culture
- Chapter 6 Madagascar (Seventh–Eleventh Century): Early Cultural Hybridization
- Part II Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
- Part III From the Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical Names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Chapter 2 - Islam: The Conquest of Lands and Oceans
from Part I - The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 October 2019
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- The Worlds of the Indian Ocean
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Charts (in Color Plates)
- Illustrations (in Color Plates)
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Indian Ocean between Tang China and the Muslim Empire (Seventh–Tenth Century)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Tang China and the Rise of the Silk Roads
- Chapter 2 Islam: The Conquest of Lands and Oceans
- Chapter 3 India: A Core with Four Centers
- Chapter 4 Southeast Asia: The Rise of the Srīwijayan Thalassocracy and the Javanese Kingdoms
- Chapter 5 East Africa: Dawn of the Swahili Culture
- Chapter 6 Madagascar (Seventh–Eleventh Century): Early Cultural Hybridization
- Part II Globalization during the Song and Mongol Periods (Tenth–Fourteenth Century), and the Downturn of the Fourteenth Century
- Part III From the Globalization of the Afro-Eurasian Area to the Dawn of European Expansion (Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries)
- Bibliography
- Index of Geographical Names
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Summary
During the Sassanid period, the economic and political role of the Southern Arabs was limited. While the Muslim expansion would be conducted by Arabs from the northern interior, many Yemenis were also involved in this conquest. The emergence of Islam occurred during a phase of increased aridity in Hijāz and South Arabia, and following a decline in trade during the sixth century. The beginning of the eighth century, however, saw a period of renewed economic activity in the world-system.
A native of the merchant city of Mecca, the center of a pre-Islamic pagan cult, the Prophet Muhammad was the source of a new monotheism, Islam (meaning “submission [to God]”). Its holy book, the Koran, is for its believers the result of revelations received by Muhammad from 610 onward. The Makkans’ opposition to this new doctrine led the Prophet to leave the city and travel to Medina.
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- The Worlds of the Indian OceanA Global History, pp. 42 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019