The Rise of Islam

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The Rise of Islam

• Vocabulary
• hajj
• Quran

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The Rise of Islam

• Vocabulary
• hadiths
• Kaaba

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The Rise of Islam

• Vocabulary
• Shia
• Sunni

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The Rise of Islam

• Vocabulary
• caliph
• jihah
• hijrah

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The Rise of Islam

• from the Arabian peninsula
• geography?
• lifestyle?
• Founder Muhammad, 570-632 ce
• revelations from God
• Quran
• brought monotheism to pagans
• united peninsula under Islam

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The Rise of Islam

• cleansed the Kaaba
• In Mecca
• Fled to Medina hijrah
• First year of Muslim calendar
• Muslims make yearly pilgrimage Hajj

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The Rise of Islam

• Main beliefs
• Allah is God
• Muhammad revealed Gods latest word Quran
• Five Pillars
• Faith
• Prayer
• Alms
• Fasting
• Pilgrimage

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The Rise of Islam

• SunnaMohammads example
• correct Muslim lifestyle
• sharia lawbody of laws
• also regulate family life

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The Rise of Islam

• After Muhammads death, 632
• expanded into Syria, Egypt Persia, by 661
• Umayyadscapitol at Damascus
• to Atlantic Ocean Indus River, by 750
• Abbasidscapitol in Baghdad
• Ummayads al-Andalus
• often welcomed as liberators
• many conversions