Rise and Role of Dar al-Islam Dr. Afxendiou AP World History 9 Sachem North High School
What is Dar al-Islam?
Rise of Islam Muhammad Beliefs Timeline: 610 Angel Gabriel 622 flight to Yathrib (Medina) – hijra (hegira) (marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar) preaches religion there (line of prophets) Qur’an Community of believers – Muslims 629 – pilgrimage to Mecca 630 – conquers Mecca 632 – Muhammad dies – no successor 650 – Qur’an finished Beliefs 5 pillars equal before god
What was there about Islam that allowed a pastoral nomadic society to achieve a global civilization?
Unified, channeled aggressive culture What was there about Islam that allowed a pastoral nomadic society to achieve a global civilization? Unified, channeled aggressive culture Everyone should be converted to the faith – not applied beyond conquest What else made expansion possible? *disciplined armies *weakness of surrounding empires (Byzantine and Persian)
Role of Islam In what sense did Islam achieve global status by 850? Islam as global power In what sense did Islam achieve global status by 850?
Role of Islam Islam as global power - conquest Islam as global culture - trade unites world
Umayyad v. Abbasid How was the Abbasid Empire different from the Umayyad Empire?