Study Materials – by Paul Brians
Lecture 25: Muslim Spain & India
Note: This study guide is presented here as a historical document only. Paul Brians is retired and his courses are no longer offered by WSU.
(Duiker 236-250; Brians 223-224)
Questions about Duiker: What are the main reasons suggested for the decline of Buddhism in India? *Describe the relationship between the Islamic rulers and the Hindu society they ruled. Which groups in India probably turned to the Muslim faith? *What are the major differences between Islam and Hinduism? What effect did the influence of Islam have on Hindu women?
Questions about Ibn Hazm: *Choose one of the lines and explain what it conveys about the poet’s feelings. What is one of the images which the woman in Ibn Hazm’s poem uses to depict her longing for the man she loves?
Question about Wallada: *What blessing does Wallada pray to come to her absent lover?
Lecture topics:
- Muslim Spain
- Literature
- Science
- Philosophy
- Music in the Islamic World
- Muslim conquest of India
- Early contacts
- Incursions in the Indus Delta
- Northern India conquered in 13th century
- The Kutub Minar
- Babur, Founder of the Mughal Empire