Transcript More Spread of Islam

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Review: What factors led many
people and societies to embrace
Islam?
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What empires were weak?
How did they treat people of other faiths?
How did they feel about knowledge?
What were the people’s other options for
rulers? Were they popular?
Muslim Expansion
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Extra Credit Opportunity
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Final one for the six weeks.
Write a 2 page minimum review of a
current conflict involving the SunniShia split.
Must use at least 2 resources (MLA
citation).
Worth 15 points. (Due on Wednesday)
The Rightly Guided Caliphs
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After Muhammad, 1st Arab Empire
begins with the Rightly Guided Caliphs
Caliph = successor to prophet
4 Rightly Guided Caliphs – all serve for
life and rule from Medina
Spread Islam to India, Egypt, North
Africa, Syria and Palestine.
The Umayyad Caliphs
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Replace Rightly Guided
Caliphs.
Move capital from Medina
to Damascus
Make caliphs hereditary
Make Arabic official
language of empire
Created postal routes,
mosques, 1st Arabic
money, and encouraged
the arts.
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Europe Holds off Islam
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Moors – Muslim Arabs from N. Africa
intermarried with local Berbers.
Moors conquer Spain in AD 710.
Try to take over France.
Battle of Tours AD 732 – Franks (the
French), led by Charles the Hammer
Martel, defeat Muslim forces and stop
Islamic expansion. (Yes, the French won a battle!)
The Battle of Tours
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Charles
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Hammer”
Martel
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The Umayyads v. Abbasids
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AD 750 – War breaks out between the
groups.
Abbasids take control
1st Hundred years in power known as
Golden Age.
Move capital to Baghdad
Arabic remains official language.
More About the Golden Age
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Abbasids worked to make Baghdad
major trading center.
Leads to new ideas from India like
number system – Arabic numerals
Slavery always present, but NOT
based on race.
Persians eventually take over for
Abbasids.
Collapse of the Empire
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Empire falls due to divisions within the
religion.
Disagreed on who should rule Muslims
Shi’ites believed caliph could only
come from descendant of Muhammad
Sunni followed any legitimate caliph
Division still exists today
Sunni vs. Shia Islam
Reflection
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How do you think the split of Islam will
impact Muslims today?
Contributions of Islam
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Mosaics
Concept of Zero – Arabic Numerals
Arabic alphabet
Universities
Studied connection of geography and
climate
Algebra and medicine
Architecture – Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem
Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem