7'2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the ci

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7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political,
economic, religious, and social structures of the
civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages. 1.
Identify the physical features and describe the
climate of the Arabian peninsula, its
relationship to surrounding bodies of land and
water, and nomadic and sedentary ways of
life. 2. Trace the origins of Islam and the life
and teachings of Muhammad, including Islamic
teachings on the connection with Judaism and
Christianity. 3. Explain the significance of the
Quran and the Sunnah as the primary sources of
Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their
influence in Muslims daily life. 4. Discuss the
expansion of Muslim rule through military
conquests and treaties, emphasizing the cultural
blending within Muslim civilization and the
spread and acceptance of Islam and the Arabic
language. 5. Describe the growth of cities and
the establishment of trade routes among Asia,
Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions
that traveled along these routes (e.g., spices,
textiles, paper, steel, new crops), and the role
of merchants in Arab society. 6. Understand the
intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of
Eurasia and Africa and the contributions Muslim
scholars made to later civilizations in the areas
of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy,
medicine, art, and literature.
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Instructions

• Anything written in yellow (SLOW down and pay
  attention) is useful information. You should
  write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
• Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is
  critical information and should be copied
  exactly.
• Anything in green (GO on to the next point) you
  do not have to write.

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Arabia and theEmpire of Islam
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Why?

• This empire was able to defeat the mighty Roman
  Empire.
• They were able to create an empire out of a
  desert.
• Islam is in the news almost every day.

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So, we have to ask one question
Who are these people?
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Geography

• Much of Arabia is desert.
• It gets up to 130 degrees in Iraq!
• Water is often very hard to get.

It is hot!
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Water Sources

• The Tigris and the Euphrates are the
  two most important rivers.
• Water for most groups was found
  in oases (small springs in the desert.)

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Ya? So what?

• Because of the heat and limited water, many Arab
  tribes were nomadic.
• Nomad someone who moves around often.
• They would find an oasis, set up camp for a short
  time and then move everything they had.

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