Part 4 Contextualization (#2): Discovering Alternatives of Authority and Leadership

Part 4 Contextualization (#2): Discovering Alternatives of Authority and Leadership

In this time period, there starts to become a separation between religious and political leaders, and how military regimes shaped social structures. Military elites would accumulate large amounts of power which would negatively impact the ruling over people because military culture, training, and overall organization can conflict with the actual requirement for effective control.

Autumn Etemadi

Jonathan P. Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600–1800 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 211.