Monday, March 26, 2012

Question 3 discussion space


3. What were the primary consequences of the Arab conquests on both the Arabs and the conquered peoples? 

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  1. -Language: ex. Persia adopts Arabic script, easier communication, more mobility
    -Currency: develop coinage
    -Control of prior state land: land reforms, redistribution of land, organization/specialization, cities
    -Leadership: local leaders replaced but needed to keep the peace
    -Tax organization: offered protection against prior taxation, new revenue system in place (diwan)
    -Universalized high culture: promoting art, architecture, exchange of ideas
    -Justice system: universalized ethics
    -Just some thoughts...feel free to correct!! :)

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  2. Arabian also replaced greek in Syria. You could say that many Persian bureaucrats were brought in to help with administration, this would surely have an impact on Arabs. Chinese slaves with paper creation abilities, and the impact that paper had on the Muslim state. Slaves from Ethiopia who were forced to harvest Sugar and Cotton. Malmuks...

    Also many Arabs now found themselves living in garrisons, and the traditional tribal life style was now more of a romanticized concept similar to the way Americans view the western US.

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