Chapter 2 Islamic Civilization Lesson One: The Rise of Islam Part I

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Chapter 2Islamic Civilization Lesson OneThe
Rise of IslamPart I

• Question 2
• What do you think the climate of the Arabian
  peninsula is like?

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A. The Climate of Arabia

• Arabian Peninsula is mostly desert.
• Water only found at oases.
• Southwest get rain and supports plant life.
• To survive the harsh desert tribes had to be
  loyal to each other.
• Sheikh-head of the tribe.

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B. Who were the Bedouins?

• Bedouins-Arab desert herders who traveled from
  oasis to oasis.
• Lived in tents, ate dried fruits and nuts-rarely
  ate meat.

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C. Trade and Towns

• Many Arabs (not Bedouins) lived in villages and
  farmed.
• Traded with other villages and traveled in
  caravans for protections.
• Some settled along trade routes-Makkah became the
  largest and richest.
• Makkah (Mecca) became a religious site.
• Kaaba held idols for those trading.

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II. Muhammad Islams ProphetA. Muhammads Messge

• Born in Mecca in 570 A.D.
• Was visited by the angel Gabriel who told him to
  preach Islam.
• Told people to worship one God and to destroy
  their idols.
• All people created equally.
• Appealed to people.

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B. Opposition to Islam

• Mostly poor converted.
• Wealthy did not want to lose their power.
• 1. Began to persecute followers.
• Left to Yathrib in 622. This became known as the
  Hijrah (breaking of relationships).
• This became the first year of the Muslim
  calendar.
• City was renamed Madinah (Medina) The city of
  the prophet.

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C. Muhammads Government

• Created an Islamic state.
• Loyalty to Islam before tribes.
• Built an army
• Eventually took control of Mecca.

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Abraham Ismail Adnan
Quraiysh Qussaiy Abdmanaf Abdshams Hashem
(Amneh) Abdallah Abutalib Hamzeh
Alabbas Abulahab Alhareth
Adbelmuttalib
Muhammad
Ali
Ummayah Dynasty Abbbassides Dynasty
(661-750)
(750-1258)