2. What do you know about Islam?

3. A Prophet and his World A.Muhammad and his message 1.Arabian Peninsula was mostly desert a)Nomadic peoples organized in clans b)Important in long- distance trade networks between China/India and Persia/Byzantium

4. 2.Muhammad’s early life a)Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (570 CE) b)Married a wealthy widow (595 CE) c)Became a merchant 3.Muhammad’s spiritual transformation at age 40 a)One true God, Allah b)Gabriel delivered these messages 4.Quran (“recitation”)

5. B.Muhammad’s migration to Medina 1.Conflict at Mecca 2.The hijra 3.The “seal of the prophet”

6. C.The establishment of Islam in Arabia 1.Muhammad’s return to Mecca 2.The Ka’ba was not destroyed; it became site of pilgrimage in 632 3.5 Pillars of Islam 4.Islamic law: the sharia

7. The Expansion of Islam A.The early caliphs and Umayyad dynasty 1.The Caliph 2.Dramatic expansion of Islam 3.The Shia 4.The Umayyad dynasty (661-750 CE)

8. B.The Abbasid Dynasty 1.Lasted from 750-1258 CE 2.Abbasid administration 3.Abbasid decline

9. Economy and society of the early Islamic world A.New crops, agricultural experimentation, and urban growth 1.Spread of new foods and industrial crops 2.Effects of new crops 3.Agricultural experimentation 4.Urban growth

10. B.The formation of hemispheric trading zone 1.Overland trade 2.Camels and caravans 3.Maritime trade 4.Banks 5.Organization of trade

11. C.The changing status of women 1.The Quran and women 2.Veiling of women

12. Islamic values and cultural exchanges A.The formation of an Islamic cultural tradition 1.The Quran and sharia were main sources to formulate moral guidelines 2.Promotion of Islamic values 3.Sufis or Islamic mystics 4.The hajj

13. B.Islam and the cultural traditions of Persia, India and Greece 1.Persian influence on Islam 2.Indian influences 3.Greek influences