1. Chapter 14: The Realm of Islam

2. Muhammad Born in Mecca 570 CE 610 CE vision
Monotheism
Idolatry
Ka’ba
Hijra 622 Flight to Medina
Umma
Read Primary Source Document: Biography
Why is this document significant? What implied or descriptive comparisons to other major religions do you see ?

3. Ka’ba

4. Islamic belief system Zoroastrianism Heaven or hell Christianity
Monotheism
Revere saints, church fathers
Jesus – son of God
Virgin birth
Jesus crucified
Affirmed resurrection
Revelation through prophets
Original sin
Faith & works salvation
Hell/heaven
Humans do good & evil
Zoroastrianism
Heaven or hell
One good god one evil god(monotheistic in definition) in constant battle
Prayer 5 times daily
Fire used in worship
Salvation through good words, thoughts, deeds
Humans do good and evil.
Islam
Monotheism – Allah
Revere prophets, imams
Jesus- prophet
Virgin birth
Jesus did not die, ascended
Denied resurrection
Revelation through Muhammad only
Humans do good & evil
Salvation through 5 pillars
Paradise (eternal) or hell
Prayer 5 times daily
Source: diffen.com

5. Military expansion

6. Military Expansion & Rule
Caliphate
Umayaad
Abbasid
Sultanate
Ottoman Empire
Keep in mind, that Muslims see a Caliphate as a government uniting them under one rule so some scholars see the caliphate as encompassing the years

7. Traditional sources of power & legitimacy
Rise of the Caliphate
Abu Bakr
Umar
Uthman
Mu'awiya 660 Umayyad Dynasty began

8. Use the comparison document to analyze each period.
Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
Years of rule
Treatment of non-muslims
Military expansion
Type of laws
Treatment of women
Type of government
Years of rule
Treatment of non-muslims
Military expansion
Type of laws
Treatment of women
Type of government

9. The Abbasid Caliphate

10. Merchant expansion: When was it founded. What years was it prominent
Merchant expansion: When was it founded? What years was it prominent? What is the city’s Islamic significance? What goods were primary trade items in this city? Why did it decline?
Major merchant cities
Timbuktu
Mecca
Medina
Cordoba
Baghdad
Sukuk or sakk

11. Muslim Merchant communities in the Indian Ocean Region
Go to the website below and check out what was happening in the Medieval era
history.org

12. Missionary expansion
Was it conversion by the sword or is this a myth propagated and spread by people with a particular bias?

13. Ibn Battuta Where did he go? How do we know?
Primary sources
The Marco Polo of the Islamic world

14. Dar al Islam (house of Islam)
Refers to all geographic lands under the religious and political rule of Islam

15. Diffusion of literary, artistic, & cultural traditions in Subsaharan Africa
The Hajj
Subsaharan trade routes
Inter-cultural transfer of knowledge

16. Diffusion of scientific & technological traditions
Greek science & philosophy returned to W. Europe via Muslim al-Andalus in Iberia
Baghdad as purveyor of learning
House of Wisdom
Ibn al haytham (Alhazen) – father of the modern scientific methodology

17. The spread of food and agricultural techniques
Cotton, sugar, citrus throughout Dar-al-Islam & the Mediterranean
Literature on crops
Rapid growth of cities
Paper manufacture
The crusades

18. Sunni Shia Split - what's that all about

19. State Synthesis (the influence of Persian traditions on Islamic states)
The veil – hijab
Sharia law
Madrasas
The Hajj/Ka’ba

20. Muslim Scholarship
Sufi’s
alGhazali
Ibn al Haytham