mod 8 eight features of civilization

government

autocracy and theocracy

religion

islam

social class structure

**Upper class: Muslims at birth**

**Second Class: Converts to Muslim**

**Third class: “Protected People” including Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians**

**Lower class: slaves**

job specialization

**government officials, farmers, merchants, writers, Imam’s, artisans, and teachers**

public works

**literature, mosques, calligraphy, the building of new cities such as Baghdad**

cities

**Damascus, Cordoba, Baghdad, Mecca, and Medina**

writing

Arabic

art/architecture

**calligraphy, mosques, literature (The Arabian Nights, Aladdin), and domes**