Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Islamization of the Silk Road
Bentleys arguments are not supported in this writing. Foltz immediately throws out the idea of much believed force Muslims use if "convert or die.pressure and force was one of the arguments that Bentley supported to have people accepted and join a religion. Interestingly he brings up a point of Muslims expansion being driven by ancient Arabian tradition of raiding. This is not something Bentley supports or explains. Also the idea of Muslim domination of the Silk Road has some heavy influence of people traveling along the way, but no force so this maybe could be voluntary action. I believe Foltz was much more aimed towards the economy and Silk Road having a much bigger role in the transformation and spread of Islamic beliefs along the Silk Road.
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Having discussed this in class, do you see the connections between Bentley's argument and Foltz' presentation? If not, stop by so we can talk about it, but as it says in the introduction to the article, Foltz does support Bentley's assertions.
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