1. Origins
Characteristics/Beliefs
Islam
Spread
Important People

2. Islam Origins Muhammad was the first Prophet
Began in Arabian Peninsula
Muhammad invaded and took over Mecca
Characteristics/Beliefs
5 Pillars of Islam
Shahadah - Profession of faith
Salat - Prayers in the proper way five times each day
Zakat - Charity
Sawm - Fasting during the month of Ramadan
Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
Islam
Spread
North Africa
India and South East Asia
Parts of Spain
Unified regions
Important People
Muhammad – Prophet
Sunni and Shia split over who would be the next Caliph (leader) after the death of Muhammad

3. Contributions of the Islamic World
Learning Goal 4: Identify what cultural, mathematic, scientific and technological achievements were made between in the Muslim world and analyze how the art and architecture of this period reflects Islamic traditions.

4. ARCHITECTURE Mosques From around the World

5. More Mosques... What feature do they Have in common?
Minarets – help with call to pray

6. Gallery walk instructions
You will conduct a gallery walk in groups of 2 or 3
Study each of the 9 documents displayed in the room
Each of you will be responsible for the following:
Filling out the chart by categorizing each document into one of four groups: Scholarship, Architecture/Art, Math and Medicine
You MUST briefly describe the document in your notes (don’t just write the document number)
Answering the questions that correspond with each document
When I call time, you will move to the next document
After everyone completes the gallery walk, you will return to your seats and answer (on your own) the question which asks you to evaluate which Islamic contribution was most important to civilization.

7. GOVERNMENT
Given what you have learned about the origins and development of the Islamic Empire, what kind of government do you think it had?
Monarchy?
Republic?
Democracy?
Theocracy?
Dictatorship?
Hint: Think about what kind of leader Muhammad was?

8. Do you know of any Islamic theocratic governments today?
That is a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader

9. Baghdad’s house of wisdom
The House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikmah) served as a library, research center, and translation bureau in Baghdad from the 9th to 13th centuries.
The House of Wisdom contained manuscripts of the ancients, including originals in Persian, Greek, and Sanskrit, which were collected and translated into Arabic.
These texts, and the accomplishments of House of Wisdom scholars in mathematics and science, made important contributions to the Western civilization.

10. Muslims advanced learning & scholarship

11. Contributions quiz – 5 Questions
1. Government in the Islamic world could be described as a ________________ .
2. Why do you think calligraphy and arabesques developed as an artistic tradition in the Islamic world?
(Hint. Where there any
restrictions on other forms of
artistic representations in Islam?)

12. Contributions quiz
3. What architectural feature of mosques was created to help with the call to prayer .
4. What would be a good title for the outline below:
I.___________________________
1. spread numerals developed by the Indians
expanded the use of algebra
preserved the Greek and Roman writings in libraries
published a medical encyclopedia by Ibn-Sina

13. Contributions quiz
5. How did Muslims help to advance learning and scholarship?

14. Contributions quiz – answers
1. Government in the Islamic world could be described as a theocracy .
2. Why do you think calligraphy and arabesques developed as an artistic tradition in the Islamic world?
Ban on the use of human images in art

15. Contributions quiz
3. What architectural feature of mosques was created to help with the call to prayer .
Minarets
4. What would be a good title for the outline below:
Achievements
Of Muslim
Civilization
I.___________________________
1. spread numerals developed by the Indians
expanded the use of algebra
preserved the Greek and Roman writings in libraries
published a medical encyclopedia by Ibn-Sina

16. Contributions quiz
5. How did Muslims help to advance learning and scholarship? Building universities and libraries like Baghdad’s House of Wisdom