CCOT+Outline+Islam

Question: Describe and analyze the cultural, economic, and political impact of Islam on ONE of the following regions between 1000 C.E. and 1750 C.E. Be sure to discuss continuities as well as changes.

I. Thesis: From 1000 C.E. to 1750 C.E, Islamic influence and contract with the Western and Eastern World via trade routes, instigated a new movement that would heavily influence the European continent. Through struggles, interests, and traditions the European adopted a half-open door policy in which they embraced some Islamic influences and declined others. The Islamic impact on the “New Europe” is seen in the adoption of intellectual artistic, warring and economic frames. II. Cultural Impact a. Changes ---i. Islamic Golden Age -1. Mathematics -2. Science -3. Decimal system, etc. --ii. Moors in Spain --iii. 1281-Ottoman Empire rises. III. Political Impact a. Changes: ---i. Before 1000s-1492- Muslim control of the kingdom of Granada (Spain) ---ii. 1453-Fall of Constantinople by the Ottomans ---iii. Muslim war techniques IV. Economic Impact a. Changes: ---i. Trade of Goods. -1. Persian Rugs - 2. Textiles - 3. Coffee - 4. Gunpowder V. Continuity a. Spread of Islam ---i. Last member of the Umayyad family goes to Spain. ---ii. 1350- Ottoman conquest at the Balkans ---iii. 1400s Byzantine empire falls ---iv. Ottoman control (1281-1900s) b. Wars ---i. 1093-Crusades ---ii. 1492-Muslim expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula ---iii. 1529-Ottoman siege of Viena ---iv. 1571-Battle of Lepanto (against Spain) VI. Conclusion