1. Chapter AP* Sixth Edition World Civilizations The Global Experience World Civilizations The Global Experience Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Global Islam. 6

2. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Big Ideas: The Rise of Islam I.Historians and anthropologists understand history different than ministers and theologians- how? II.The culture where Islam was born was on the periphery of Roman (Byzantine) and Persian Classical Civilization- how did connections to the world beyond the Arabian peninsula influence Muhammad? III.Pre-Islamic cultures were pastoral with trading centers and oasis towns centers Bedouins Movement of products and ideas IV.The religion of Muhammad draws on indigenous and native cultures- How? V.Religious unity and weakness of political structures of neighbors leads to Arab conquests united by Islamic identity- How did the unity of Islamic identity translate into an idea of empire? A portable faith VI.How did the building Islamic Empire suffer from the divisions and conflict that existed deep within Arab culture?

3. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert In this chapter… We identify the culture of pre-Islamic Arabia We see how a merchant Muhammad fit in this culture We will see how Muhammad’s revelations were supposed to correct the errors of the previous Abrahamic faiths We will understand how the root of Arab culture fused by Islamic Identity and post- classical opportunity would inspire a world civilization

4. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert

5. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Arabia and Surrounding Area Before and During the Time of Muhammad

6. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Major Periods of Islamic Rule in the Middle East Muhammad and the and the Four Caliphs –622-661 CE The Umayyad Caliphate- Damascus –661-750 CE –Sunni- Shia split- Martyrdom of Husayn (680 CE) The Abbasid Caliphate- Baghdad –750-1258 The Fatimid Caliphate- Cairo –910-1171 Mamluke Caliphate- Cairo –-1250-1517 The Ottoman Caliphate Constantinople –1517-1924

7. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert The Expansion of the Islamic Empire During the 7th and 8th Centuries

8. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Emergence of the Abbasid Dynasty

9. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2004 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. World Civilizations: The Global Experience, AP* Sixth Edition Stearns Adas Schwartz Gilbert Global Connections: Early Islam and the World Spread of Islam –Unprecedented in scale, scope –Portable faith- Abrahamic tradition of monotheism –Special place of commerce influential –Preservation and expansion of inherited knowledge –Diverse linguistically, ethnically