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Islam. I. Arabia Before Islam. Nomads Egalitarian poverty Status of women … WHY??? Leadership How does this tie people together??? Cooperation / Competition. I. Arabia Before Islam. War Inequality Mecca North to Byzantium Northeast to Sassanid Empire. II. Prophet Muhammad.
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I. Arabia Before Islam • Nomads • Egalitarian poverty • Status of women … WHY??? • Leadership • How does this tie people together??? • Cooperation / Competition
I. Arabia Before Islam • War • Inequality • Mecca • North to Byzantium • Northeast to Sassanid Empire
II. Prophet Muhammad • Muhammad (570 – 632) • Background • Revelations (610) • Key ideas • Creates Umma – What is this???
Discussion Question • How did the creation of the Umma help to create more unity among the people of Arabia?
II. Prophet Muhammad • The Ka’ba • Caravan travelers • Who do they worship??? • Why does Muhammad preach against this??? • Muhammad’s teachings upset… WHY??? • Leaders of Mecca feared this would cost them $$$ HOW??? • Persecution
II. Prophet Muhammad • Hijra (622) • Islamic calendar • Medina • Theocracy • Jihad • Arabian Peninsula • Mecca is spiritual center • Medina is political center
III. Islamic Laws • Dar al-Islam – WHAT IS IT??? • Five Pillars of Islam • Built around nomadic lifestyle • Proclamation • Prayer • Fasting • Hajj • Alms
III. Islamic Laws C. Islam and Women • Spiritually Equal – WHY??? • Prior to Muhammad • Muhammad seen as savior to women • Women remain socially unequal • Contrast
IV. After Muhammad • Rashidun Caliphate (632 – 661) • Expanded empire • Religiously tolerant • Sunni / Shi’ite split • Shi’ite – Closest blood tie to Muhammad • Sunni – Blood ties irrelevant – most pious Quraysh
IV. After Muhammad • Umayyad Empire (661 – 750) • Second wave of expansion WHERE??? • Arabs given special status and privilege • Leads to ??? • Overthrown • Used resentment of non-Arab Muslims
IV. After Muhammad • Abbasid Empire (750 – 1258) • Golden Age of Islam (Pax Islamica) • Consolidation • Standardization • All followers believe same thing • Economy • Overthrown by Mongols
IV. After Muhammad • Turkish Rule (1055 – 1920s) • Fragmentation • Abbasids weakened by use of Mamluks (slave soldiers and bureaucrats) • Children of conquered people • Converted to Islam, trained militarily, educated • Used in military and government positions • Mamluks • Seljuk Turks (1055 - 1157) and Ottoman Turks (1299 – 1920s)