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Title: Spread of Islam


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Spread of Islam
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Muhammads Farwell Address at the Mount of Mercy
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Following Muhammad
  • Islamic leadership needs
  • Abu Bakr (father-in-law)
  • Establishment of Caliphs
  • 2nd Caliph Umar
  • 3rd Caliph Uthman

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Shiites versus Sunnis
  • Ali (son-in-law)
  • Muawiya (nephew to Uthman)
  • Division between followers
  • Shiite and Sunni Muslims

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The Umayyads
  • Success of hereditary caliph
  • Capital in Damascus
  • Abd al-Malik (685-705 CE)

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Great Mosque of Damascus
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Great Mosque of Damascus
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Expansion of Islam and Jihad
  • Conquered territory
  • Middle Eastern / North African conquest
  • European conquest
  • Spain in 711 CE
  • Battle of Tours in 732 CE
  • Asian conquest
  • Battle of Talas in 751 CE and into Indonesia

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Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain
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Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain
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Fall and Rise
  • Umayyad Fall
  • Internal issues over Arab favoritism
  • Military defeats
  • Split in Islam
  • Corruption
  • Abbasid Rise
  • Uprising of non-Arab Muslims
  • Creation of new capital
  • Increased trade
  • New cultural outlook

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The Abbasids (750 to 1258)
  • New line of Caliphs
  • Capital in Baghdad
  • Social and Political Change
  • Centralized Islamic rule in the Middle East

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Capital in Baghdad
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Fall of Caliphs
  • 900-1400 CE rule shattered
  • Seljuk Turks
  • Christian Crusaders
  • Mongol Invasions
  • Today Over 1 Billion Muslims

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