CH 11- The Worlds of Islam: Afro- Eurasian Connection 600-1500

CH 11- The Worlds of Islam: Afro- Eurasian Connection 600-1500

Christianity and Islam emerged from the margins of civilization unlike Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Greek philosophy and Zoroastrianism. With the rapid spread around the world of Islam, the Afro-Eurasian world was heavily influenced by it, as well as twenty-two percent of the worlds population by the twenty-first century. Like in many other religions Islam became divided between the Sunni and the Shia. I found it fascinating how the Quran views men and women equally when it come to faith but in the social aspect women are inferior then men. Finally, I think that it is important to note that when history is being written it is pivotal to point out who it’s being written for and by whom.