.@AltRightMedia ...of cultural practices from the arabs, including father's brother's daughter (fbd) marriage, simply... @LibrarianofHate
.@AltRightMedia the upshot: pops that were part of the 8th C caliphate were "arabized," iow they adopted all sorts... @LibrarianofHate
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@AltRightMedia ...because they wanted to emulate their conquerors. iran was part of caliphate: @LibrarianofHatepic.twitter.com/aB0sL7gOFm
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@AltRightMedia i say "simply" to emulate conquerors, but might've also been responding to changing economic structures. @LibrarianofHate) -
@hbdchick@AltRightMedia @LibrarianofHate In the early Caliphate, conversion ='d Arabization & had many economic advantages. -
@christopherburd yup! yup, yup, yup. absolutely! what i haven't a clue about is how much did econ structures change after arrival of arabs. -
@hbdchick Let me recommend these podcasts of Robin Pierson's (@byzantiumcast). http://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/2014/11/04/episode-56-why-did-the-arabs-win-part-1-the-sources/ … http://www.sal.wisc.edu/~jwp/thob/4/11/06/episode-57-why-did-the-arabs-win-part-2-in-the-shadow-of-the … and... -
@christopherburd ooo! thank you! (^_^) - 1 more reply
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