1. The Arab-Muslim Conquests
HIST 1007
9/11/13

2. History Club Meeting
5:30-7:00, Wed. Sept. 11
McMicken Room 357

3. Syria and the United Stands: Internal and International Politics of Crisis and Intervention
4:00-5:30, Thur. Sept. 12
800 Swift Hall
Panel including
Elizabeth Frierson (History)
Richard Harknett (Political Science)
Andrew Lewis (Political Science)
Stephen Porter (History)
Robert Haug (History) (moderator)

4. Norman Yoffee, “Early Cities and the Evolution of History”
5:30, Wed. Sept. 18
300 Braunstein Hall
Dr. Yoffee is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.
Known for his thought-provoking work on ancient Mesopotamia, he is perhaps best known for his comparative research on early states, exemplified in his recent books Questioning Collapse (2009) andMyths of the Archaic State: Evolution of the Earliest Cities, States, and Civilizations (2005). 
The lecture will take place in 300 Braunstein Hall, and is free and open to the public. A reception in the Anthropology Department will follow.
This lecture is jointly sponsored by the Cincinnati Society of the AIA, the Department of Anthropology, and the Department of Classics.

5. Escalations and Lessons
625: Battle of Uhud
627: Battle of the Trench
Banu Qurayza
628: Treaty of Hudaybiyya
630: Conquest of Mecca

6. Abraham, Muhammad, and the Kaʿbah
Destruction of idols from 11th century manuscript; Muhammad at the Kaʿbah from a 14th
century Ottoman manuscript

7. Death of Muhammad 632: Muhammad dies Creates both a spiritual
and political void
Which is more
important?
Establishment of the
caliphate
Codification of the
Qur`an

8. Islam, the religion Monotheism Shahada: lā ‘ilāha ‘illa Allāh
Abrahamic Religions
A gold dinar minted in 696 in Damascus; mihrab in Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 1177;
flag of Saudi Arabia

9. The Five Pillars of Islam
Shahada: Testimonial of faith
Salat: Prayer, five times a day
Sawm: Fasting during the month
of Ramadan
Zakat: Alms-giving (2.5%)
Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca once
during your lifetime

10. The sources of Muslim belief
The Qur’an: Codification of
revelations
Collected in the decades following
Muhammad’s death
Emphasis on oral tradition
Qur’an vs. mushaf
ijazah
Surah: Chapter of the Qur’an,
114 total
9th century Qur’an manuscript; page from an 11th century
Qur’an

11. The Sources of Muslim Belief
Hadith: The Sayings and Doings of the Prophet Muhammad
What Would Muhammad Do?
Isnad and matn
Six “sound/sahih” collections
Sunna: Normative practice

12. Shariah and Jurisprudence
῾Ulama’: Religious Scholar
Fiqh: Jurisprudence
Qiyas: Analogy
Ijmaʿ: Consensus
Madhhab:
School of
Islamic
jurisprudence

13. Arab-Muslim Conquests

14. Emissaries
A letter purporting to be the message sent by Muhammad to Muqawqis.
Topkapi Museum, Istanbul

15. Ridda Wars Ridda – Apostasy 632 – Abu Bakr named first caliph
How do people
interpret
Muhammad’s career?
Prophet or tribal
shaykh?
Musaylimah,
Tulayha, and Sajah