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However, just because it worked doesn’t mean it was all good.  In the case of peasants, they received stability but lost freedom.  It was all good on the plot of land you worked, but you could never change jobs or leave.  Lords and vassals on the other hand could do almost anything they wanted.  In modern terms, feudalism lacked a middle class- there were the poor peasants or serfs, and the rich lords and vassals, with few people in between.   

However, just because it worked doesn’t mean it was all good.  In the case of peasants, they received stability but lost freedom.  It was all good on the plot of land you worked, but you could never change jobs or leave.  Lords and vassals on the other hand could do almost anything they wanted.  In modern terms, feudalism lacked a middle class- there were the poor peasants or serfs, and the rich lords and vassals, with few people in between.   

5.[[Sunni]]s are more moderate than [[Shi’ites]].  Also, Shi’ites believe that the caliph, the successor of [[Mohammad]], must be from the “Ahl al-Bayt,” meaning the family of Mohammad.  Sunnis do not require the caliph to be descended from Mohammad.  The Shi’ites are much smaller than the Sunnis as well.  [[Iran]] is ruled by Shi’ites, [[Saudi Arabia]] is ruled by the Sunnis.

5.[[Sunni]]s are more moderate than [[Shi’ites]].  Also, certain branches of Shi’ites believe that the caliph, the successor of [[Mohammad]], must be from the “Ahl al-Bayt,” meaning the family of Mohammad.  Sunnis do not require the caliph to be descended from Mohammad, and they beleived that the caliph could be chosen by democracy.  The Shi’ites are much smaller than the Sunnis as well.  [[Iran]] is ruled by Shi’ites, [[Saudi Arabia]] is ruled by the Sunnis.

6.I find it interesting that most countries are either mostly Muslim or only a little bit Muslim- few are in between.  One reason this might be is that Islam really only grew where Muslims had invaded.  Arabia, the Middle East, [[Africa]], and parts of Southeast [[Asia]] were invaded by Muslims and subsequently became substantially Islamic.  Other places, like Europe and North America, have not been invaded and have only minorities of Muslims.  In short, Islam cannot evangelize as well as Christianity, so it has only grown where it used the military.

6.I find it interesting that most countries are either mostly Muslim or only a little bit Muslim- few are in between.  One reason this might be is that Islam really only grew where Muslims had invaded.  Arabia, the Middle East, [[Africa]], and parts of Southeast [[Asia]] were invaded by Muslims and subsequently became substantially Islamic.  Other places, like Europe and North America, have not been invaded and have only minorities of Muslims.  In short, Islam cannot evangelize as well as Christianity, so it has only grown where it used the military.