WHY ISLAM SPREAD SO RAPIDLY
- Created by: Kat
- Created on: 26-01-16 21:24
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- Why Islam spread so rapidly
- Byzantine Empire wasn't as strong as it appeared - imposed heavy taxes and had very little support in these provinces
- Sassanian and Byzantines had just ended debilitating war in which they had lost support of Arab fighters
- Arab soldiers who were left on edges of empires knew empire's military techniques - joined Muslim army
- Arabs forced to leave Arabia because Ridda wars left trade in ruins
- Islam had a dynamic impact on Muslim soldiers - Qur'anic belief that those fighting Jihad will go straight to heaven
- Arab generals mastered new military technique of cavalry and rapid communication and established garrissons
- Taxes lowered; civil service retained; no land taken from owners; Jews and Christians allowed to worship - seen as liberators rather than conquerors
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