1. The Rise and Spread of Islam

2. The Rise and Spread of Islam
Time period:
632-present
Location:
Arabian Peninsula
Founder:
Mohamed
Holy Book:
Quran –written in Arabic

3. Words to Know Islam submission to god Muslim person who follows Islam
Allah
god in Arabic
Mosque
Muslim place of worship

4. Mohamed/Muhammad Mecca= busy trading city on the Arabian Peninsula
founder of Islam
570-Born in the city of Mecca
Mecca= busy trading city on the Arabian Peninsula
successful businessman who led camel caravans along Arabian trade routes

5. Muslim trade routes connected Asia with the Mediterranean world
Muslim trade routes connected Asia with the Mediterranean world. As they traveled, traders spread Muslim culture to Europe via the Levant, Sicily, and Spain. In Asia, they penetrated as far as China and India and journeyed over the ancient Silk Road. Muslim traders also traveled across northern Africa as far as Timbuktu.

11. Spread of Islam Following the death of Mohamed …
Islam experienced rapid expansion in Afro Eurasia
Muslim armies marched across WE until they were defeated in France, Battle of Tours, 732
By the 1400’s, Muslim Empire extended from Spain to India

14. Rapid Expansion of the Islamic Empire , 7th-8th C
636-Damascus became capital city (ME)
638-Jerusalem (ME)
640-Cyprus (ME)
640-Alexandria,Egypt (AF)
670-Muslim blockade of Constantinople (EE)

15. Rapid Expansion of the Islamic Empire , 7th-8th C
697-Carthage (AF)
711-Toledo, capital of Spain (WE)
718- all of Spain (WE)
732-southern France until defeated at Battle of Tours (WE)

16. Umayyad Dynasty 661-750 Capital city at Damascus (Syria, SWA)
Arabic became language of many conquered people and helped unify them under Islam
camel and horse cavalries were faster than traditional armies; empire expanded quickly

20. Umayyad Dynasty
How did the Ummayads treat the people they conquered?
allowed people to follow own belief systems and culture
non-Muslims sometimes paid higher taxes
Jews and Christians held important gov’t. positions
many people converted to Islam in the late 8th century

21. Umayyad Dynasty
For several centuries, most people in the Islamic Empire were neither Muslim or Arab.
Cross regional and cultural exchange occurred for many years among Christians, Jews, Muslims and polytheistic people.

23. Hagia Sophia- Istanbul, Turkey

24. Dome of the Rock-Jerusalem, Israel

25. Shah Faisal Mosque – Islamabad, Pakistan

26. Blue Mosque-Yerevan, Armenia

27. Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain (now a Catholic Cathedral)

28. African Mosque in Nigeria

29. Qutb Minar-New Delhi,India

30. Kaaba—Mecca, Saudi Arabia