1. Rise of Islam

2. Objectives:
o Describe the people and geographic features of the Islamic world.
o Describe how Muhammad became the prophet of Islam.
o Explain the teachings of Islam.

3. Key Terms
Oasis
Five Pillars of Islam
Koran/Quran
Mosque
Minaret

4. People/Peoples
Muhammad
Mecca
Bedouins

5. Geography Arabia is separated from Africa by the Red Sea.
The Arabia Peninsula is located in the Middle East. It is mostly desert.
Oasis—a fertile area in a desert, watered by a natural spring

7. Geography of Arabia

8. Lived in tribal society
People of Arabia
Bedouin- Arabian nomadic people
Lived in tribal society

9. The Prophet Muhammad Muhammad was a trader before he had a vision.
He then became a messenger of God.
Urged Arabs to worship one true God.
ALLAH—Islamic God

10. Teachings of Islam Monotheistic ---believe in one God.
Koran/Quran---sacred text of Islam

11. Five Pillars 1. Declaration of Faith 2. Daily prayers
3. Charity to the poor
4. Fast during Ramadan
5. Hajj—pilgrimage to Mecca.

12. 1. Declaration of Faith There is no god but God.
Mohammad is the messenger of God.

13. Daily Prayers
Pray 5 times a day

14. Charity to the Poor

15. Fast during Ramadan

16. Pilgrimage to Mecca---Hajj to Kabba Stone most sacred Muslim item

17. Kabba Stone Built by Abraham and his son Ishamel
Has a mosque around it. A mosque is a Muslim temple.
The towers on the side are called minarets
People face toward the East when they pray