DBQ Chart 2

DBQ Chart 2--Women in the Post classical Period

Doc #1
Date: 600 CE
Source: Koran
Cat. #1--Religion.
-Some property rights
-Control of body
Cat. #2--Society
...
P.O.V.
+(positive)

Doc. #2
1200 CE
Jewish Commentary
Cat. #1--Religion
-Women stupid, can't say/understand prayers
Cat. #2--Society
...
P.O.V.
- (negative)

Doc.#3
900 CE
Legal Code
Cat. #1--Religion
...
Cat.#2--Society
-Shouldn't be called as witnesses/seen in public.
-Seen in public=dishonorable, not modest/virtuous. Insulting
P.O.V.
- (negative)

Doc.#4
1140-1195
Yuan Cai's book
Cat. #1--Religion
...
Cat.#2--Society
-Women smart, useful, worthy, wise
-Should know reading, arithmetic
P.O.V.
+ (positive)

Doc. #5
1352
Ibn Battuta
Cat. #2--Religion
-Should be modest, veiled no male friends, fully clothed.
-Women in Mali were the opposite of this and he was horrified