Transcript Spread of Islam

Spread of Islam
By: Maximilian Campbell
Spread of Empire
• Spread under Four Caliphs (leaders)
• From Arabian peninsula to France in west and
Indus in east
• Stopped in France by Charles “the hammer”
Martel in the battle of tours
• The Islamic religion flourished
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Spread of Religion
• Missionaries sent out under the Four Noble
Caliphs
• Reached:
– Asia
– Europe
– Oceania
– Africa
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Asia
• Turks began Islamization in 9th century
• Son of Genghis Khan founded Golden Horde
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Golden Horde
Group of Muslims in Mongolia, which most
Islamic Asians and Russians can trace their
roots to
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Europe
• Byzantine Empire captured a Muslim
• Began Converting Individuals
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Oceania
• Began with Muslim merchants
• Missionaries converted even more people
• Converted rulers spread the religion
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Africa
• The spread of Islam began in Africa after the
Islamic reign of Egypt
• Spread through trade routes
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Four Caliphs
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Abu Bakr
Umar
Uthman
Ali
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Abu Bakr
• First Caliph
• Spread Islam throughout Arabian peninsula
• Caliph for 27 months before dying of a fever
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Caliph
• A leader of Islam
• Sunnis believe the Caliph should be elected
• Shiites believe Caliph is a descendant of
Muhammad
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Umar
• Became popular with the people by stressing
the well being of poor and underprivileged
people
• Expanded empire and captured Jerusalem
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Uthman
• Spread Islam
• Formed navy
• Formed committee to write Qu’ran
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Ali
• Father-in-law to Muhammad
• Islamic empire crumbled under his reign
• Killed by a poisoned sword
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Battle of tours
• Fought between Moors of Umayyad empire
and the Frankish forces under Charles Martel
• Allowed Christianity to remain dominant
religion in Europe
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