Transcript Muslims and Their Empire

Muslims and their Empire
Chapter 10
Muslim Culture
Chapter 10 Section 3
• Muslims believe
Muhammad a prophet of
God (Allah).
• A prophet is a person
who believes that he or
she is spoken to by God.
• A prophet tells others
what God has said.
• Muhammad said that the name of God is Allah. He said that
people must obey Allah by being kind and fair to each other.
• He also said that all Muslims must perform five
duties. These duties are called the Five Pillars of
Islam.
• The first duty is to
make a statement
about one’s belief in
Islam.
• This statement
should be “There is
no God but Allah,
and Muhammad is his
prophet.”
• The second duty is
to pray five times a
day while facing
Mecca.
• The third duty is to
give money to help the
poor.
• The fourth duty is to not eat or drink anything
during the daylight hours of one month. This month
is the Islamic month called Ramadan.
• The fifth duty is to make at least one pilgrimage, or
journey, if you can afford to do so,called the hajj, to Mecca.
• The teachings of Muhammad
are in a book called the Koran
(Qur’an).
• Muslims in all parts of
the world read and
study the Koran.
• The Koran tells a person
how to be a good Muslim.
• The traditional law
for the Muslims is
the Sharia.
• The Muslim Empire also became a center of learning.
• The Abassid dynasty started many schools in cities such
as Baghdad.
• Muslims learned much
about science, math, and
art from the people in the
conquered lands.
• Muslims also spread new
ideas across the empire.
• The Muslim scholar,
Al-Khwarizmi, used
Hindu numbers to
create new a type of
math called Algebra.
The word Algebra
derives from the
Arabic word
AlJabar.
•
• The word AlJabar
means "bringing
together separate
parts".
• The Muslim
Empire became a
center of culture
during the Middle
Ages.
• Many Muslims
wrote poems and
stories.
• They made
beautiful works
of art.
• The Muslims built
great cities and
beautiful
buildings.
• Some of
these great
buildings
were
mosques.
• A mosque is
a place
where
Muslims
worship
Allah.
• One of the most famous mosques is the Dome of the
Rock in the city of Jerusalem.