Islam Dbq Analysis

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Between the late 600’s to 700’s, Islamic civilization spread to encompass such an extensive empire by using economic and political practices. They used tactics such as required taxes and tributes for non-Muslims in Arabia by using peaceful coercion, by raiding neighborhood areas for resources, and by deploying a violent self-defense approach against those who opposed against them. The Muslims utilized a false sense of acceptance towards non-Muslims and took advantage of neighboring areas to further themselves economically. The Muslims gave off an appearance of a false-acceptance towards non-Muslims, such as Jews or Christians, in the Arabian Peninsula. This peaceful manipulation through economics is accounted for in both document 1 and 5, …show more content…

Koranic revelation ordered them to not be the aggressors (document 5, which although was a secondary source utilized primary source information to validate its information. The speculations made in this document are conveying Muhammad and Islam as justified in their actions). If one opposed the Muslims, violent consequences followed. The Muslims would use self-defense to protect themselves by all means. In the primary source document 1, when Muhammad speaks to a Christian Arab, he made threats stating that if you do not obey Islam and pay tribute or displease them in any way Muhammad himself would kidnap your children and murder your parents. Throughout the documents, Christians, and non-Muslims in general are not given a voice in the situation, reflecting that the lack of a voice gives the impression that this ultimatum was not so much a decision, but a passive-aggressive force. A voice from non-Muslims helps historians to better understand the relationships that existed, not just hearing the story told from “the winner’s perspective”. The Islamic empire also spread because their army was very much feared throughout the land due to the fact that they took captives “without number”. In a secondary source, wherein the author’s tone resembles repugnance, it is document this fear of the Muslims was so intense because of the fact that they were so ruthless, powerful,

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