Transcript Today’s goal(s) and how it relates to your class goal.

Today’s goal(s) and how it
relates to your class goal.
Rise of Islam
 Muhammad
(570-632)
Arabia at the time of Muhammad
 Early life
 Prophet calling and the writing of the Qur’an
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Rise of Islam
 Muhammad
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(570-632)
The Hijra, 622
Muhammad’s success at Medina
The Conversion of Mecca
Islam conquers Arabia.
Muhammad’s impact.
Rise of Islam
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Basic Principles of Islam based on the
Qur’an and Sunna
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The Five Pillars of Islam
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Faith
Prayer
Alms
Fasting
Pilgrimage
Jihad (Not a pillar, but a duty)
Rise of Islam
GOAL
 How
CHECKUP
well have I worked to achieve my goal
for today’s class?
 What can I do for the remainder of the
period to reach my goal(s) for today?
Rise of Islam
 Islamic
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Politics
Succession Crisis
Sunni faction – Follow Arab tribal policy of elders
electing a new leader.
 Shi’ite faction – Follow Arab tribal policy of
leadership falling to oldest male relative of
previous leader.
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Rise of Islam
 The
Arab Empire
The Rashidun Caliphs
 Conquest of the Middle East and Egypt.
 Tension within the empire – The Umayyad and
Abbasid Dynasties.
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Rise of Islam
 The
Rise of the Ottoman Turks
Osman (1281-1326) – finalizes the incorporation
of gunpowder as a military tool.
 Conquest of Constantinople (1453)
 The spread of the Ottoman Empire for Islam.
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