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After reading the Contexts & Connections essay in this chapter, research the topic further by taking a look at the following links. Suggested essay questions follow to help you digest this material.

Pilgrimage in the Quran

Location: http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/124.html

Description: Excerpt from the Quran on the Hajj.

1.
Compare the description of the earliest Hajj from the Qu'ran with the present-day Hajj described in your textbook. In what ways has the Hajj evolved over the years? In what ways has it remained unchanged?

Ralph Glaber: On the First Millenium

Location: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/glaber-1000.html

Description: This selection discusses the Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem (this is perhaps a bit far a field here, but it fits in with the pilgrimage theme).

2.
How did the Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem described by Glaber differ from the Hajj?







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