Chapter 8: The Rise of Islam, 600 – 1200 C.E. Directions: Read each section as assigned and respond to the necessary prompts.
THE ORIGINS OF ISLAM: How did the traditions and religious views of pre-Islamic peoples become integrated into the culture shaped by Islam? (p.227-232) THE ARABIAN PENINSULA BEFORE MUHAMMAD (Provide a summary statement for each boxed section)
farming “Empty Quarter” caravan trading Mecca Ka’ba Abraham (Ibrahim) MUHAMMAD IN MECCA
Muhammad
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“Night of Power & Excellence” shaitans and jinns Muslim
FORMATION OF THE UMMA
Medina hijra umma Abu Bakr khalifa Five Pillars of Islam caliphate Quran Ali Shi’ites Battle of the Camel Umayyad Caliphate Husayn Sunnis
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RISE AND FALL OF THE CALIPHATE: Was the Baghdad Caliphate really the high point of Islamic civilization? (p.232-239) THE ISLAMIC CONQUESTS, 634-711 & UMAYYAD AND ABBASID CALIPHATES (Provide a summary statement for each boxed section)
Umar taxes and conversion Damascus Abbasid Caliphate Baghdad Harun al-Rashid POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION
Abd al-Rahman Ibd Rashd (Averroës) ulama ASSAULT FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT
Seljuk Tughril Beg Battle of Manzikert Baghdad decline Crusades Saracens Salah-al-Din (Saladin) Battle of Ain Jalut
ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION: How did regional diversity affect the development of Islamic civilization? (p.239-247) LAW AND DOGMA (Provide a summary statement for each boxed section)
Shari’a sunna hadith
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CONVERTS AND CITIES & WOMEN AND SLAVES
conversion Ibn al-Haytham women and inheritance women and divorce A’isha slavery RECENTERING OF ISLAM