Meet ya on the Silk Road

Humanitarians,

Yesterday and today we continued in our exploration of Islam.

Yesterday we finished talking about the basic beliefs of Islam, which pops up around 600 CE and is a major cause of our shift from Classical to Post-Classical Ages. As our other religions, if you know the founder, major sects, religious texts, and basic beliefs, you should be good to go!

or coffee, or water, or whatever

honestly, too many different references happening here

Today, we talked about TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADE! Silk Roads, Indian Ocean, it's all pretty awesome. Big take aways?? Luxury goods are what is being traded, the Islamic Empires are acting generally as the middle men between China and the West, which means lots of money for them. Both the silk road and Indian Ocean trade are a continuity from the Classical Period, but the domination of the Islamic empires in said routes is NEW!

yall knew this, right? 

Tomorrow, we will wrap up our learnin' about early Islam and the Islamic Empires by focusing on their scientific achievements. Yasss, science. Call Kraft. 

Then it's onto exam review! 

This day in history??

• 1884: Construction of the Washington Monument was completed. 

• 1889: Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died.
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• 1923: A presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress

ok, so the internet is full of lies, but I HOPE THIS IS REAL

• 1973: Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president, replacing Spiro T. Agnew. Ford would go on to be the only president never elected into office (since he was appointed as VP and then became president when Nixon resigned). SO MUCH PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA TODAY. 
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• 1992: The destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu fighting that claimed at least 2000 lives. Learn more here. 

Have a great evening! Don't forget to read WHAP pages 275-78 for tomorrow!

- cbg

taco tuesday, taco tuesday, i think i've used this meme before