Islam Project Due October 28 Project Focus: Supporting a thesis through collaboration. IGroup Portion: 1.

Answer the focus question with a thesis a. Why did Islam appeal to people prior to 1258 CE? 2. Develop three supporting arguments 3. Sourcing: a. Minimum two primary resources b. Minimum one expert secondary resource c. MLA format bibliography 4. Present your information in a creative way through a multimedia platform (website) 5. Submit your project to the appropriate folder on Wiggio Individual Portion: 1. Define all vocabulary terms 2. Complete the Empires of Islam comparison chart Islam appealed to the people prior to 1258 CE because it unified which lead to a central message of religion. Muhammad a merchant heard the voice of an angel. God had spoken to the Arabs. Muhammad is the prophet of God. There is only one God. Islam is submission to God. It was this message that gave them an empire. No one doubts the conquests took place but because of Islam (1). An Arabic proverb not knowing to know something you remember what you want , the entire moral universe has been built around the story of Muhammad and Islam (2) Five years after the death of Muhammad, Jerusalem was the promise land. The Arabs made it s Jewish land and the Romans made it a Christian land. Since the Muslims took over Jerusalem they didnt say what the true religion was (1) Professor of Abrahamic Religions Guy Strousma University of Oxford. Muslims began praying on the ruins of the old Jewish temples. When the Muslims built a prayer hole, the Jews believed that the Arabs were the Messiah. Thus a new religion in the name of Islam. According to the Muslims, Abraham is the prophet true prophet of God and the religion that he founded was not the true religion of the Jews but Islam and in the Quran, Ishmael helped Abraham to build the house of God in the Quran, the Mecca (1). The birth place of Muhammad, the Mecca, the holiest city of Islam (3) Interesting no mention of Muhammad until Abu-al-Abbas turns to Muhammad, the prophet God, on an inspiration on a coin 60 years later The oldest building Islam, holy city of his own, Abu-AlAbbas, Dome of Roman. The mention of Muhammad on a mission statement on the wall religion in the eyes of God is Islam , quotes from the Quran (1) Of course an area deep in the Arabic desert, the Mecca, the largest mosque in the world. Muhammad recorded his revolutions from God, forming the Quran. But very interesting the very way of God Muslims believe that everything began in the Mecca but no mention after Muhammads death. A place in the desert, in the middle of the desert the Mecca. The Arabs come from the desert and God is speaking to the Christians or Jews having any influence on Muhammad but if the Quran came ot of the desert how did these characters get their?(1) We are not suppose to unlock the message that comes from a prophet we do not have the key to unlock traditions, we are not suppose to unlock the traditions, the message comes from God (1) Bibliography (1) enwilkipedia.org/wiki/Islam (2) primaryhomeworkhelprelligion(Islam) (3)World History Ellis Esler

Unit 4: 300 CE 1500 CE

Project 3: Supporting a thesis through collaboration Focus Question: Why did Islam appeal to people prior to 1258 CE? Core Knowledge:
o Islam Five Pillars 5 individual duties faith, prayer, alms, fasting, hajjj Sunnis group of muslims follow community customs Shiites group of of muslims followers of Ali Sufis branch of Islam Muhammad prophet of Islam Hirja left mecca for Yathrib a journey Kaaba temple to worship one god Quran sacred text of Islam Hajj pilgrimage of mecca Jihad (definition & changes) struggle in Gods service, overcoming immortality Sharia a body of laws includes interpretation of the Quran Caliph successor of Muhammend Abu Bakr Muhammend father in law Umar (Omar) powerful Muslim leader Uthmann companion of Muhammend, Ismalic prophet Ali one true God Mongols sack Baghdad mongols adapted Islam Mecca market town Medina city of the prophet Jerusalem oldest city in the world, located in Judea Dome of the Rock Islamic building Umma ancident city in Sumer Umyyad Empire a dynasty of Sumi calphys Abbasid Empire Abu al-Abbas founded the dynasty, empire based on equality Battle of Karabala took place on Muharram 10 in Karbala, between the prophet of Islam Abraham founding father of Israrel Jesus son of God, figure of Christianity Moses prophet a religious leader S-L-M action of returning to God, faith

KEY MUSLIM EMPIRES NAME______________________HR_____ Directions: Starting on page 310 as you read the text through page 333, identify and analyze, how and why individuals, events and/or ideas developed to impact the following Islamic empires. Empire Muhammad and First Successors (632-661) Abu Bakr, Ali, Muhammend, Umar Umayyad (661 750) (756-1031) in Spain Umayya of Muawiyan Abbasid (750 1258) Ottomans (late 1200s 1922)

Key Leader(s)

Abu-al-Abbas, AlMonsur, Harum-alRaShul

Mehmet II, Suleiman, Selim II

Capital Form of Islam

Mecca Abu Bakr succeeded in returning the Muslims converting the Arab tribes to Islam Byzantines and Persians had competed with each other over control of lands in the middle east once the Arabs united

Damascuis Under 4 caliphs, Muslims unified the state

Baghdad Islam become a more diverse religion because discrimination against non-arab muslims ended New rulers, the large military conquests ending the dominance of the Arab military class

Istanbul Recruited officers for the army and government that converted Islam

Key Military Events

Defeating the Byzantines across North Africa, Muslims forces crossed the Strait of Gibraltor and conquered Spain

Cultural Achieveme nts/Ideas/ Innovations

Belief in the same God Look to the Quran for guidance Follow the five pillars of Islam

Advancing Arabs brought many people under their rules. Muslim leaders imposed a special tax on nonMuslims. Many non-Muslims converted to Islam emphasizing the equality of all believers.

Empire based on the equality of all Muslims. End of discrimination against non-Arab Muslims city of peace, city of God, paradise of earth Baghdad. Grand buildings, Albambra.

Modernized the army and conquered many new lands. Extended Ottman rule eastward onto the middle east also into Kurdistan and Georgia besieged into Vienna. The empire stretched from Hungary to Arabia and Mesopotamia and across North Africa Suleiman improved the system of justice. Bureaucracy supervised the business of government. Divided classes in the Ottman society. Ottman developed works in Turkish. Designed mosques and plagues. Series

of invasions.

Summarize Reasons for Decline:

Division between the Sunnis and Shities when the Sunnis held power favored other Sunnis and deprived Shities of wealth and power.

Economic tensions increased between the wealthy Arabs and those who had less. Muslims criticized the court of Damascus.

Dabbasids never ruled Spain. Caliphs power faded in some regions. Shite rulers came to power.

Suleiman had killed most able sons because he suspected them of treason. Government bureaucracy become corrupt. Commerce and military technology were leaving the Ottmans behind.