11 Jun Examine the primary source documents
Examine the primary source documents and visual sources provided in textbook chapter 9 “Working
with Evidence: The Islamic World in the Seventh Century, and booklet chapter 9 “Thinking through
Sources: Voices of Islam”, & textbook chapter 10 “Working with Evidence: The Remaking of Western
Europe” ,and booklet chapter 10 “The Crusades as Cultural Encounter” .You need to incorporate
documents provided and must address at minimum the following questions: In what different ways do the
various voices of Islam and Christianity represented in these documents express the common religious
tradition of which they are all part of, in what way they reveal “ “a religiously based outlook on life” ?
What grounds of controversy can you identify within or among them? How do these documents represent
the roles of men and women in Islamic society (pay particular attention to differences in emphasis) and
what do these documents reveal about the process of conversion to Islam and Christianity? How did the
Islamic civilization (reflect upon the variety of experiences across the Islamic world) that emerged after
600, draw on the religious, social, cultural, and political traditions of Afro-Eurasian civilizations beyond
its Arabian homeland? In what ways did Islam transform the cultures with which it interacted? How
would you describe the history of Christianity during the period between 600 and 1450? Which religious,
social, or political beliefs and practices are shared across the Islamic/Christian world, and which are
subject to debate or disagreement?
