Islamic Empires in Africa (and Asia)
Viewing notes on Crash Course World History Episode 216 Islam and Politics
Key Terms: 2014 ISIS declared a caliphate, 4 rightly-guided caliphs, “Islamism,” “clash of civilizations,” Muslim egalitarianism, peoples of the book, jizya, slavery, no hereditary kingship in Islam, political allegiance, shura, limited rule, ‘freedom,’ Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Boko Haram, “it is complicated,” conjunction of religion and politics
Question:
What is John Green’s main point in this episode? What is are a couple of secondary points? How does he make them? What evidence does he use? What are the implications of his claims? How convinced are you?
