- Birth of a new religion
- Homeland of Islam
- Emerged from marginal region
- Arabian Peninsula
- Independent clans
- Variety of gods
- Arabia was important to East West trade routes
- On edge of Byzantine and Sassanid empires
- Arabs knew practices of these empires
- Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastriaism spread among Arabs
- Messenger and the message
- Prophet of Islam was Muhammad
- Beginning revelations from Allah 610 CE
- Orphaned
- Took to withdraw and meditation
- Revelations recorded in Quaran
- Radically new teachings
- Monotheistic
- Muhammad
- Return to old pure religion of Abraham
- Submission to Allah
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Transformed Arabia
- Rapid expansion
- Large scale conversion
- Fundamental differences between birth of Islam and Christianity
- The making of an empire
- Arab state grew
- War, conquest, tolerance
- Long term raiding pattern
- New political organization greater mobilization
- Limits of Arab expansion
- Defeated by Sassanid Empire
- Conquered most of Spain, attacked France
- Reached Indus River
- Reasons for expansion
- Economic, communal, religious
- Tolerant of Christians and Jews
I grew up Catholic and went to Catholic schools my entire life. I learned all about Catholicism and what everything meant, however I was never exposed much to other religions until my senior year of high school. I took a World Religions course and I loved it. I truly enjoyed learning about the other religions, and while I didn't believe in these religions, I was always able to respect their beliefs and I enjoyed educating myself on those beliefs. I enjoyed this chapter because it took me back to that class and learning about Islam. I enjoyed learning about the history and spread of Islam, especially because it was such a radical change and new religion for the area it was born in.
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