What were the main features of Islamic society and culture during its era of early growth?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Faith in the Oneness of Allah, that there is nothing worthy of worship. except Allah, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He gave mankind a code. of life that guarantees their well-being in this world and in the life hereafter.

Answer 2

Islamic Society in the time period of the early Caliphates was a a rapidly changing place. There was a shift in governance from tribal allegiances to an imperial bureaucracy that could effectively control large territories. The "Pax Islamica" also led to an incredible amount of trade opening up from India to the Mediterranean, allowing spices to move successfully throughout the empire. In many major cities, early hotels (Fenadeq - فنادق) were built around courtyards. Also it was very common for friends who were visiting to stay with locals they knew.

Lucrative merchant-trade made for successes in establishing new cities and the building of magnificent mosques in Jerusalem (Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock), Damascus (the Umayyad Mosque), the Shiite Mosques of An-Najaf and Karbala, as well as additions to the Saudi Arabian Mosques.

However, it was not all perfect. As in most Middle Age societies, the women were almost always uneducated and stayed at home. Slavery was common and an accepted part of life, which would increase in the later days of the empire. Most children, unless they were wealthy or well-connected would not go to school. Some worked, but many did not. The man of the house was often in control of all aspects of his household and would be able to assert legal rights and privileges to the exclusion of the remainder of his family. Hygiene, while advanced for the time, lacked many modern conveniences, which meant that disease proliferated to a far greater degree than today. Thankfully, the general climate was not conducive to most viruses, so this was less of an issue in the Islamic World than it was in Europe.