honour of giving bath to the dead body of the Prophet (saw) and lay him in the grave. The Prophet (saw) declared him his brother when the brotherhood took place in Madina. He took oath on the caliphates of the first three caliphs an important advisor to all caliphs. 4th Caliph He was assassinated in Kufa in 660 AD‚ 60 AH among the ten blessed
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SSWHda: Explain the origins of Islam and the growth of the Islamic Empire. Essential Question: – Who was Muhammad & how did Islam unite the Arab people? Overview of Islam • Around 600 AD‚ a new monotheistic religion began called Islam: – The faith was founded by the prophet Muhammad – His followers‚ called Muslims‚ spread Islam throughout the Middle East‚ Africa‚ Asia‚ & Europe By 750 AD‚ Muslim leaders built an empire Muslim scholars focused on learning & developed numerous cultural achievements
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al-Hikma‚ or House of Wisdom was founded in Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mamun. The goal of the House of Wisdom was to become a wellspring of knowledge by gathering the best scholars and translators to translate the ancient texts from Greece and India‚ and then to further advance Arab sciences. Al-Mamun established the House of Wisdom in hopes that it would bring prosperity to the Muslim empire. In 833 Al-Mamun died and his son Abu Ishaq al-Mutasim ibn Harun became Caliph‚ he strongly supported the House of Wisdom
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because it ended the expansion of China’s Tang Dynasty into central Asia‚ and supported the spread of Islam to Turkish people. The Abbasid hardly spread their empire by conquest. The dar al- Islam continued to grow during the Abbasid era‚ but the caliphs didn’t have much to do with the expansion. “During the ninth and early tenth centuries‚ for example‚ largely autonomous Islamic forces from distant Tunisia mounted naval expeditions throughout the Mediterranean conquering Crete‚ Sicily‚ and the Balearic
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Chapter 11 Study Guide Answer Key 1. Why was the location of Arabia important? Scattered oases‚ the highlands of Yemen‚ and interior mountains supported sedentary villagebased agriculture‚ and in the northern and southern regions of Arabia‚ small kingdoms had flourished in earlier times. Arabia also sat astride increasingly important trade routes‚ which connected the Indian Ocean world with that of the Mediterranean Sea and gave rise to cosmopolitan commercial cities‚ whose values and practices were often
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The Dome of the Rock known as Qubbat As-Sakhrah‚ found in Jerusalem‚ was built by the order of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik between AD 687 and 691. Engineers‚ Raja ibn Haywah‚ a muslim theologian from Beit She’an‚ and Yazid Ibn Salam‚ a non-Arab and a Jerusalem native‚ were tasked to build the Dome of the Rock. Historically‚ it is one of the most iconic monumental buildings in the early Islamic history and is an excellent artistic creation of mankind. It became the symbol of unity of the three monotheistic
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References: Cook‚ Michael (1996). Muhammad. New York: Oxford University Press. Esposito‚ J.L. (Ed.). (1999). The Oxford history of Islam. New York: Oxford University Press. Kennedy‚ Hugh N. (2001). The armies of the caliphs: Military and society in the early Islamic state. London: Routledge. Peters‚ F.E. (1994). Muhammad and the origins of Islam. Albany‚ NY: State University of New York Press. Sicker‚ Martin (2000). The Islamic world in ascendency: From the Arab conquests
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death‚ the spread of Islam reached new heights. Muhammad died in 632 A.D. Abu-Bakr became the Muslim ruler‚ or caliph‚ after Muhammad’s death. The next three caliphs were Umar‚ Uthman‚ and Ali. The caliphs helped spread Islam by expanding the Muslim territory. They conquered Syria‚ lower Egypt‚ parts of Persia‚ etc. They built a strong Muslim military. After the death of the last caliph‚ Ali‚ the Umayyad
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Chapter 13: The Expansive Realm of Islam Outline the key aspects of the life of Muhammad‚ his message‚ his migration to the Medina‚ and the establishment of Islam in Arabia. Muhammad and his message Arabian peninsula was mostly desert Nomadic Bedouin people organized in family and clan groups Important in long-distance trade networks between China/India and Persia/Byzantium Muhammad’s early life Muhammad ibn Abdullah born to a Mecca merchant family‚ 570 C.E. Difficult early
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of clash of religions. Reffered to himself as the "seal of all prophets". Khadija- wealthy widow who Mohammed worked for and then marriedAbu Bakr- caliph after Mohammed ’s deathAbu al-Abbas- rebel general who put Umayyad Dynasty down. He founded the Abbasid Empire(-1258)Harun al-Rashid - (786- 809) gave out support to writers‚ artisans‚ poor. Was caliph at high-point of empire.
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