Richard Bulliet - History of the World to 1500 CE (Session 13) - The Rise of Islam, 600-1200
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Topic: The Rise of Islam, 600-1200 Part I
Speaker: Richard Bulliet
Date: 10/19/2010
Course number: W3902
Course title: World History to 1500 CE
School: CC
Session 13 (10/19/10)
I have read the same elsewhere
At 29:11 min: Seemingly the most, the money man behind the revolt that brings the Abbasids to power in 750 appeared to be the son of a BUDDHIST monk from a very powerful monastery in Northern Afghanistan.
And in the late 700s, the descendants of this particular, the abbot of this Buddhist monastery, became the most powerful family in the Abbassids Caliphate other than the Caliphs themselves.
You read it before because it really happened.
This is a brilliant lecture on historiography of the Islamic world. It is not straightforward, perhaps, but it is nevertheless worth unraveling for its brilliant insight.
Yes Diana. Yes
The most notable thing about this lecture is that universities in Iran predate those in Europe.
InfiniteUniverse88 the same goes for Al Qarawiyyin university in Fes, Morroco; established in the late 900's
Does anyone know which of his books he is referring to?
The monolith on the coin could be a stylized minaret, seems like a simpler explanation. It also seems entirely possible that the revision was merely to remove the christian imagery, and that they themselves had no real notion of what it was other than a tower or spear or other such common sigil of power...
A question he's raising here is... why do some civilisations spread their culture to subject peoples and others do not? And how? Islam is known for spreading itself to conquered areas quite thoroughly and successfully. Coinage is a natural way to 'brand' your culture... yet here muslim rulers were minting coins but initially putting Byzantine symbols on them. That's a bit odd. On the other hand, Ancient Greece did not see itself as the One True Faith as Islam did.
I cant take notes from this , he is just all over the place !
nothingbutname
You need proper prerequisite knowledge to be able to follow or take notes from his lecture
plz tel me meaning of C.E
Common Era... As in AD. But since the term AD has heavily Christian connotations which seem arbitrary while discussing the history of things that have nothing to do with Christianity, the more culture-neutral term CE is used. Hope this clears it up.
CE in islam means Christian Era.
Well, as Muslims we call it Christian Era to respect Isa or Jesus (AS)
I do agree that his style is quite unstructured and rambling, which makes it hard to work out specifically what he is trying to communicate (if anything).
Leos
He was not rambling. To understand him thoroughly requires some background knowledge
No one from Columbia University actually reads these comments.
This is a grand summary of Prof. Bulliet's private thoughts, independent of his book; it synthesizes documentary and peripheral, incidental history and evidence. The question I want to ask him is if we would all be as interested if there wasn't oil in Iraq and Iran. It all might be just a passing comment in history rather than compelling.
@Oloveelhoceima- Hadith in wiki is described as 'tradition' or 'sayings of the prophet'. That doesn't sound like history to me, just laws and anecdotes. Not exactly 'scholarly'.
Also, you have no evidence pointing to whether or not urban areas adopt the culture of their conquerors faster than rural areas. If anything, urban areas are more likely to be culturally diverse (or political hot beds), but that's my subjective speculation. But like you said, the use of the arabic language probably contributed considerably to adopting a more arabic culture. That makes more sense to me than whether or not it was more urban.
Hadiths are rigorously tested before putting together. So it is not just anecdotes
He is not making any sense in this leacture