1. Do Now
Take out notebooks and maps

2. Early Islam: A Brief History

3. 400 AD

4. 600 AD

5. Arabia 600 AD
Had long been fought over by the Persians and Byzantines.
Huge war in , leaves Byzantium and Persia Crippled

6. Islam: AD
The Prophet Mohammed moves to Medina in 622 and converts the local population to Islam.
From there, the Islamic faith sweeps across Arabia.
The weakened empires can do nothing about this, and by 750 AD, the Arab Empire stretches from Spain to the Middle East.

7. Arab Empire: AD

8. Abbasid Caliphate: 750-1258 AD
The Muslim Conquests came to an end from
The Abbasid dynasty takes over the Arab Empire.
Under them, the Islamic world reaches its height of innovation, wealth, and power.

9. Abbasid Caliphate: 750-1258 AD

10. Abbasid Caliphate: 750-1258 AD
Possibly the wealthiest pre-industrial empire.
Marked by political and military struggles for most of its existence, especially the crusades from
Ended by the Mongol Invasions of

11. Task: Summarize: Thesis and Evidence:
Why was the Abbasid Caliphate important?
What was life like in the Caliphate?
Thesis and Evidence:
Could the Abbasid Caliphate have been as advanced and wealthy without its connection to the silk road?