1. Sit down and quietly write down the following standards in your notebook: ELACC7RL1 – Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELACC7RL2 – Determine 2 or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. Document Check Do you have…
Why Did Islam Spread So Quickly: Background Essay?
Document A
Bucketing – Getting Ready to Write
Documents B + C

3. Document B Review
1.) According to verse 33:35 of the Qur’an, what are the qualities of someone who is favored by God?
2.) What does verse 5:32 suggest about the value of human life?
3.) Examine verse 2:188. What does it suggest about Islam’s view of private property?
4.) According to verse 22:39, when are Muslims allowed to fight?
5.) How does this document explain how Islam spread so quickly?

4. Doc B Answer 1
Devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable, chaste, ever mindful of God, and one who fasts.
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5. Doc B Answer 2
Human life is very valuable and all humans are interconnected. The only reasons one should kill another is if the person committed murder or other vicious acts.
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6. Doc B Answer 3
An ideal society is one that protects property.
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7. Doc B Answer 4
When you are attacked.
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8. Doc B Answer 5
“The Message” of Islam – Paradise, Justice, Secure Property, Humility and Charity.

9. Document C Review
1.) By what year had each of the following come under Muslim control? Mecca, Jerusalem, Cairo, Baghdad, and Saragossa.
2.) How far north did Islam spread in the 600s? How far east?
3.) What does this map tell you about Muhammad’s followers?
4.) How does this document explain how Islam spread so quickly?

10. Doc C Answer 1 Mecca (632 or before) Jerusalem (661 or before)
Cairo (661 or before)
Baghdad (661 or before)
Saragossa (750 or before)
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11. Doc C Answer 2
It spread as far north as France and as far east as India.
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12. Doc C Answer 3
To take control of such a large area, they must have been not only devoted to their prophet (Muhammad), but also skilled and well-organized fighters.
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13. Doc C Answer 4
Military conquest – since Islam spread so quickly in 140 years, either the message of Islam had appeal or the Muslim military used coercive tactics (maybe both).

14. New Bucket Advice
Document A –
Document B –
Document C –

15. Work Session Quietly, work with your partner on Documents D and E.
You only have the remainder of the period to work on these.

16. Closing
What topic would you say that Document D and E belong to for the Spread of Islam?
Example –
Document A = Trade Routes
Document B = The Message
Document C = Military Conquest
Document D =
Document E =