Chapter 10 Islam

Bedouins Who: nomadic herders What: moved through the desert to reach seasonal pasturelands for their animals; predecessors the Islamic peoples Where: southwest Asia, Middle East When: 500 Why: they traded with settled Arab tribes in oasis towns; & protected caravan routes

Bedouins (6) Who: nomadic herders What: moved through the desert to reach pasturelands for their herds Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 500 AD Why: competition for water & grazing land led to warfare; predecessors of the Islamic ppl

Muhammad Who: prophet of Islam What: messenger of God, he founded the Islamic faith Where: Mecca, Arabian peninsula When: ? Why: he was troubled by the morals of society & would meditate in the hills- heard an angel’s voice telling him “There is one God and one ppl” = the basis of Islamic faith, he started the Islam religion

Muhammad (6) Who: Arab prophet of Islam; founder of Islam What: established the Muslim faith after receiving a vision that told him there was only one God Where: Mecca, Arabian penin., ME When: AD Why: the Muslim faith has greatly influenced modern culture and would not exist w/o him

Workbook part A 570- Muhammad was born 595- Muhammad meets Khadija (his wife) 622- faced w. threat of murder, M & his followers left Mecca for Yathrib (Medina); this marked the 1 st year of the Islamic calendar- this journey was known as the Hijra 630- Muhammad returned to Mecca 632 Muhammad died

Mecca Who: Muslims, Muhammad What: a market town at the crossroads of several trading routes, where Muhammad was born, where Islam was founded Where: Arabian peninsula, Middle East When: 570 AD Why: this is where Muhammad the prophet was born; the Islamic religion was founded here; the Kaaba is here

Mecca (6) Who: Arabs & Muslims, Muhammad What: a bustling market town that is at the crossroads of many trading routes Where: Southern Arabian penin, ME When: 570 Why: the trading in the area helped make merchants wealthy; this is where M was born; this is where Islam was founded; this is where the Kaaba is located

Yathrib Who: Muhammad & his followers What: a city that M & his followers flee to to avoid death; the journey here is known as the Hijra, a city near Mecca Where: Arabian peninsula, ME When: 622 Why: this city is where Muhammad & his followers escaped to avoid murder; it was later renamed Medina

Hijra Who: Muhammad & his followers What: the journey from Meccca to Yathrib (Medina) of Muhammad & his followers Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 622 AD * Why: they left Mecca b.c. of the threat of murder= went to Yathrib (Medina) = this journey marks the 1 st year on the Islamic calendar (beginning of Islam); today Muslims complete this journey as part of their religion

Hijra (6) Who: Muhammad & his followers What: a religious journey from Mecca to Yathrib Where: from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina), Arabian penin, ME When: 622 * Why: this journey led M & his followers to safety = marked the 1 st year of the Islamic calendar = Islam was now a religion

Medina Who: M & his followers What: city that was renamed this, used to be Yathrib Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 622 AD Why: M visited here and it became known as “City of the prophet” & was renamed Medina; his journey to here marked the 1 st year on the Islamic calendar

Kaaba (Ka’ba) Who: Muslims What: a temple that Muslims believed Abraham built to worship God Where: Mecca, Arabain penin, ME When: 630 Why: this became the most holy place in Islam; Muslims travel here to pay homage to Islam & Allah

Quran Who: Muslims What: the sacred text of Islam Where: Mecca, Arabian penin, ME When: 622 Why: this states that ppl are responsible for theoir own actions, teaches God is all powerful & compassionate; lists the 5 pillars of the faith: Declaration of the faith; Daily prayer, Alms for the poor, Fasting, Hajj

Mosques Who: Muslims What: a house of worship for the Islamic faith Where: Southwestern Asia, Mecca, ME When: 622- present Why: the second pillar of faith in the Islam religion is prayer- Muslims often meet in the mosque in order to pray

Hajj Who: Muslim pilgrims What: a pilgrimage to Mecca to participate in ceremonies commemorating the actions of Muhammad Where: Mecca to Medina When: 622- present Why : their simple attire symbolized the abandonment of the material world for God; the 5 th pillar for Muslims- they must make this journey 1 time in their life

Jihad Who: Muslims What: struggle in God’s service, a personal duty of Muslims who focus on overcoming immortality w/in themselves; religious war Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 600s Why: this is a duty of the Muslims to defend their religion = still around today

Sharia Who: Muslim scholars What: a body of law that includes interpretations of the Quran, Islamic law Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 600s Why: this regulates moral conduct, life, business practices, and government in Islamic nations and for Islamic ppl

Workbook part B 3 main Bubbles: – Quran Sacred text of Islam – Sharia law – 5 pillars of Islam Declaration of faith Pray 5 times daily Give charity to the poor Fast during Ramadan (don’t eat) Make Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca once in your lifetime

Section 2

Abu Bakr Who: Muhammad’s father in law What: the first Caliph (leader after M’s death) Where: ME When: 632 Why: he is the first successor after Muhammad died & led the Islamic religion after M was gone; he encouraged Muslims to follow God not M = ppl leaving Islam; however, converted many ppl to Islam = Islam grew; military campaigns to spread Islam

Caliph Who: Abu Bakr What: successor to Muhammad in leading the Islamic faith; the leaders of Islam religion after M Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 632- Why: M died, Muslims were searching for a new leader= the Caliph was the leader that led the religion after M; the 1 st 4 caliphs had successful military campaigns; the disagreement over who should be leader = Sunni v Shiite

Sunni Who: Muslims What: a large group of Muslims that formed the majority of Muslims, believed leader should be chosen Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 600s Why: they felt that any good Muslim could lead the community since there was no prophet after M; felt that the leader should be a pious, male Muslim & should be chosen

Shiite Who: Muslims What: a smaller group of Muslims that wanted to leave the larger community of Muslims based on who should be leader When: 600s- present Where: Arabian penin, ME Why: M died = Muslims disagreed who should be leader = this grp of Muslims said it must be a descendant of M through his daughter & son in law Ali; they believe the descendants are divinely inspired and meant to rule.

Sunni v. Shiite (both) workbook pg 92 Sunni: – Largest group (90%) – Believed the leader of Islam should be good, pious male Muslim – Iran Shiite: – Smaller group (10%) – Believed the leader of Islam shoud be a descendant of M – Iraq Both: Allah, Quran, worship in a Mosque, obey 5 pillars

Sufis Who: Muslim mystics What: a small group of Muslims that sought communion w. Allah through meditation, fasting, and other rituals Where: Arab. Penin, ME When: 600s Why: they helped spread Islam by traveling, preaching, & being good examples; they carried their faith to remote villages where they blended local traditions & Muslim beliefs ; were very pious & some thought to be mystical

Umayyad Who: Meccan Muslims What: a dynasty of Sunni caliphs that rules a Muslim Empire until 750 Where: Mecca, Arabian penin, ME When: Why: their conquests enabled the spread of Islam & Muslim civilization; spread as far Spain; try to conquer Constantinople; they were successful militarily b.c. they were stronger than other empires; they created an effective govt; they were restrictive on ppl they conquered- forcing ppl to convert; eventually they couldn’t govern effectively & were taken over by Abbasid

Abbasid Who: Muslims, Abu al-Abbas, Shiite, & non Arab Muslims What: a Shiite Muslim dynasty founded by Abu al- Abbas Where: Baghdad, ME When: Why: tried to create an empire based on equality of all Muslims; halted the large military conquest; the empire reached its’ greatest wealth & power; Muslim civilization flourished; created a more sophisticated bureaucracy & encouraged learning; Moved capital to Baghdad; Persian traditions influenced the empire

Baghdad Who: Shiite Abbasid Muslims What: a new capital the Abbasid Caliphate created Where: Arabian penin, ME When: Why: the caliph’s palace was in the center of this new capital city; poets, artists, scholars flocked here during the Abbasid rule; it exceeded Constantinople in size & wealth= became the grandest capital during this time

Minarets Who: Muslims What: slender towers that are part of the mosques Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 600s- present Why: Muslims (Meuzzins) would climb to the top and call all the Muslims to prayer 5 times a day

Sultan Who: leader of the Muslim Turkish ppl What: a ruler of the Turks Where: Arabian penin, ME When: 600s Why: this leader was different from the Caliph- the Caliph was the religious leader of Islam; the Sultan was the political leader of the Turkish empires that were Muslim

Workbook pg 90 part B Copy the timeline on pg. 129 of your book