600-1450+-+Southeast+Asia+-+Theme+5

Gender Roles and Relations
 * Family and Kinship
 * Racial and Ethnic Constructs
 * Islam spread across many regions
 * not subjected to race
 * Tax if you didn't convert
 * Converts of other races considered lower than those of Islamic birth
 * During the Ummayad all cultures were tolerated
 * Social and Economic Classes
 * Economy was the strongest when large class of free peasants exhisted
 * Society and Economy was primarily rural
 * Housing varied by class
 * Kings were held in high regard
 * wise, benevolent, and absolute