1. AP World History Chapter 6 The First Global Civilization The Rise and Spread of Islam

3. Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World Bedouins – Camel herding Clan Identity, Clan Rivalries, and the Cycle of Vengeance – Grouped into tribes – Shayks, Elder or Leader of Clan. – Free warriors – Rivalry Towns and Long-Distance Trade – Entrepot, stop off site to sell goods that will then be taken somewhere else for trade. Mecca – Umayyad clan, clan from Mecca that led after Muhammad's death. – Quraysh tribe, controlled Mecca when Muhammad appeared they fought for control of the city. – Ka’ba Medina

4. Desert and Town: The Pre-Islamic Arabian World Marriage and Family in Pre-Islamic Arabia – Women have important roles – Polygyny Poet and Neglected Gods – Animism, polytheism – Allah creator-god, possibly the supreme deity. – Allah Arabic for God today.

6. The Life of Muhammad and the Genesis of Islam Banu Hasim clan Orphaned Mecca – Holy Merchant City. – Housed the Polytheistic Gods of the Bedouins. Khadija – Wife and Merchant Revelations, 610 – via Gabriel

7. Islam Third of the Abrahamic Faiths Persecution, Flight, and Victory – Ka’ba gods threatened – Invited to Medina, 622 – Hijra, Calendar year 1 – Return to Mecca, 629 Arabs and Islam – Ummah, community of Islam 5 Pillars in Islam – Acceptance of Islam – Prayer – Fasting during Ramadan – Payment of zakat – Hajj Islam is... Islam is a monotheistic religion begun by Muhammad around 600 CE in Arabia. The word means “surrender”...to the will of god. Islam united Arab tribes, and was the basis for an empire from Spain to India.

8. Weaknesses of the Adversary Empires The Arab Empire of the Umayyads Death, 632 Succession struggle A.Consolidation and Division in the Islamic Community Abu Bakr Ridda Wars B. Motives for Arab Conquest Conversion Booty C. Weaknesses of the Adversary Empires Sassanian Empire Zoroastrianism Dynasty ended, 651 Byzantium

9. The Arab Empire of the Umayyads D. The Problem of Succession and the Sunni-Shi’a Split Uthman 3rd caliph Murdered Ali Rejected by Umayyads Siffin, 657 Loses suppor Assassinated, 661 Son, Hasan, renounces caliphate Son, Husayn Killed, Karbala, 680 Sunni – Umayyads Shi’a – Ali’s descendants Mu’awiya Caliph, 660

10. The Arab Empire of the Umayyads E. The Umayyad Imperium Push west Stopped at Poitiers, 732 Retain Iberia F. Converts and “People of the Book” Malawi, converts Dhimmi, people of the book Jews, Christians Later, Zoroastrians and Hindus G. Family and Gender Roles in the Umayyad AgeIslamic ideas prevail at first H. Umayyad Decline and Fall Revolts Merv Abassid revolt 750, Umayyads defeated by Abassids

11. The Abassid Era From Arab to Islamic Empire: The Early Abassid Era Sunni rule repress Shi’a Baghdad New capital A. Islamic Conversion and Mawali Acceptance B. Town and Country: Commercial Boom and Agrarian Expansion Urban expansion Ayan C. The First Flowering of Islamic Learning Building Mosques, palaces