Muslim Cities Dbq Analysis

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POST CLASSICAL MUSLIM CITIES DBQ

Muslim cities, both capitols and non-capitols, have a very important role in the Post-Classical Muslim society which include the spread of the Islamic faith throughout the eastern world, and Trade amongst Muslim and Non-Muslim cities. This allows them to flourish and be so much more technically advanced then other places at the time.

The spread of the Islamic faith throughout the eastern world occurred due to the presence of Muslim cities. Iba Jubayr, a Spanish Muslim traveler and geographer, loves the city of Damascus as the type of paradise on earth (Doc 1). Among many Muslim cities, Damascus is a center of the Islamic faith and greatly contributed to the spreading of the Islamic faith. The Umayyad Caliphate based the Islam core in Damascus and the city’s power reached its highest point. Though Iba Jubayr provides a sufficient observation upon Damascus, his opinions were hidden due to his occupation. Being a traveler and geographer, Iba Jubayr was exposed to many various environments, some harsher than others. As a result, Jubayr’s opinion may have been wrong because a city that is nice such as Damascus can easily be viewed as a paradise on earth when compared to an extremely poor and suffering city. Even though Jubayr’s opinion is incorrect, Damascus is still an important element in the spreading of …show more content…

The city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran is strategically located as a center of trade routes (Doc 5). The trade routes that were taken stretched over a great distance and had very complex system (Doc 6). Muslim Holy cities were placed as far north as Edirne and as far south as Mecca (Doc 7). Though all this Caliph Abs al Malik forbade anyone from Syria to make the pilgrimage to Mecca (Doc 8). This was due to him not wanting to be forced to pay allegiance to his rival Abdullah ibn Zubayr. Him doing so angered many his

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