THE RISE OF ISLAM:
ALLAH AND THE PROPHET
Themes
- Attitude check
- world religion
- origins: Mohammed
- worldview: surrender and striving
Environment and Development
- Arab triangle
- spread
- to 700: Egypt, Palestine, Persia, North Africa, Spain
- to 1500: Africa, India, Southeast Asia, up into Byzantium
- development:
- from*:
- to:
- Timeline:
- Mohammed 570-632
- conquests 632-655
- Quran
- civil war 655-661
- Umayyad dynasty 661-750
- Abbasid revolution and dynasty 750-1258
Origins: Mohammed
- Mecca
- __________ experience
- __________ message
- Medina: hijra
- raids
- Ka`ba
- teachings
- there is no god but Allah...
- ...and Mohammed is his prophet
- Islam =
- Jihad =
- accomplishments:
- unification
- umma
- dar-al-Islam
Worldview
- God
- man
- Last Day
- It is the will of Allah
- Quran *
- sharia
- practice: 5 pillars
- conversion and expansion
- true belief: umma
- rapid expansion: dar-al-Islam
- conversion versus conquest
- Dome of the Rock (from UNF core abroad program, Paul Halsall)
- Quseir `Amra (click on "Feudal Mode of Protection," then under that, "Feudal Syria," then under that "Umayyad and `Abbasid Syria.")
Conclusions
- summarize the main point
- comparisons and links to other religions
Explore!
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