The Rise Of Islam

-The Origins of Islam-  * The Arabs of 600 C.E., that were isolated farther south, began to engage in the attention of the shahs and emperors  * They were isolated by sea and land; the portion of land/sea that separated them was called the Empty Quarter  * During caravan trade if Arabs took part of it they would become familiar with other empire lifestyles  * The Arabs of 600 C.E., that were isolated farther south, began to engage in the attention of the shahs and emperors  * They were isolated by sea and land; the portion of land/sea that separated them was called the Empty Quarter  * During caravan trade if Arabs took part of it they would become familiar with other empire lifestyles

--Muhammad-  * Born in 570, In Mecca  * Muhammad would communicate with God, or spirits and then would recite rhymed revelations, which were believed to be spirit inspired  * After the revelation called all people to submit to god and accept Muhammad as the last of his messengers, made one Muslim  * When they were made Muslim. Meaning one who makes submission, Islam, to the will of God  * Born in 570, In Mecca  * Muhammad would communicate with God, or spirits and then would recite rhymed revelations, which were believed to be spirit inspired  * After the revelation called all people to submit to god and accept Muhammad as the last of his messengers, made one Muslim  * When they were made Muslim. Meaning one who makes submission, Islam, to the will of God

--The Quran-  * The Quran was a book of the prophet revelations  * Muslims regarded it as the unalterable words of God and not Muhammad’s  * It was the Bible of Muslim/Islam society  * The Quran was a book of the prophet revelations  * Muslims regarded it as the unalterable words of God and not Muhammad’s  * It was the Bible of Muslim/Islam society

--Islamic Civilizations-  * Religious conversion & urbanization reinforced each other to create a distinct Islamic civilization  * Women seldom travelled, those living in rural areas worked in the fields and tended animals  * Urban elite women normally were at home uncovered  * Only slave women would be able to perform for unrelated men as musicians/dancers  * Religious conversion & urbanization reinforced each other to create a distinct Islamic civilization  * Women seldom travelled, those living in rural areas worked in the fields and tended animals  * Urban elite women normally were at home uncovered  * Only slave women would be able to perform for unrelated men as musicians/dancers

--Islamic Civilizations-  * Islam law granted women greater status than did Christian or Jewish law  * Another rule was that a slave boy became a model of perfect love in the  verses of mystic’s poets.  * The main difference between rural and urban, was the standard of living  * People in urban areas have better living conditions than ones in rural areas  * Islam law granted women greater status than did Christian or Jewish law  * Another rule was that a slave boy became a model of perfect love in the  verses of mystic’s poets.  * The main difference between rural and urban, was the standard of living  * People in urban areas have better living conditions than ones in rural areas

--Islamic Civilizations-  * There is a wide economic gap between rural and urban areas  * Rural areas were very poor compared to urban areas  * In rural areas the parents made their children do physical work rather then focus on education  * There is a wide economic gap between rural and urban areas  * Rural areas were very poor compared to urban areas  * In rural areas the parents made their children do physical work rather then focus on education

-Identifications-  * Shi’ites- Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam that believes God vest leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad Ali  *Sunnis- Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership  *Sasanid Empire- Iranian empire established ca. 224 with a capital in Ctesiphon Mesopotamia, established Zoroastism as religion was overthrown by Arabs ca. 651  * Shi’ites- Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam that believes God vest leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad Ali  *Sunnis- Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership  *Sasanid Empire- Iranian empire established ca. 224 with a capital in Ctesiphon Mesopotamia, established Zoroastism as religion was overthrown by Arabs ca. 651