Islamic Cities Dbq

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DBQ Islam cities In the postclassical Islam world, cities played major roles in creating the first global civilization, Islam. They played a huge part in trade and in religion, while providing people with a safe place to live, and promoting the general welfare. These cities were the roots of the Arab peninsula, and helped shape the modern day Middle East. The cities were located along trade routes, and served as checkpoints for traders and merchants during their travels. These cities were centers for trade and home to very diverse populations as Marco Polo explains in document six. Theses cities were spread out evenly along the Silk Road and other various trade routes, as shown in document 8, this made moving from town to town, selling your goods quite easy. I think I would have been able to elaborate more on this topic of trade if I had a document such as a journal entry by a merchant in the Middle East during this time in the world, just to understand what they thought about the cities and traveling between them. These settlements also provided the Islamic people with safe places to live. Cities in the post-classical Muslim society were built to withstand attacks from the warring nomads if need be. They were often built in a circular shape with an inner and outer wall, some even had moats, as described in document seven. In the case of Baghdad, (according to documents six and ten) the city was armed with a city guard, the barracks of which were located on the left bank of the river, allowing them to react quickly to any threat the city might be facing. Another major role of these Islamic cities, were the public services they provided, and the promotion of general welfare. Document ten gives the example of how all the houses in Baghdad were supplied with water year round, because of this families had one less thing to worry about throughout the

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