World+Of+Islam

= World of Islam = = 600- 1500 =



===The world of Islam started out with Semtic speaking on the Arabian Peninsula. These people were constantly moving to locate resources to substain there soicety. The Arabs lived on the oasis, farmin and raising sheep for food. In the beginning most Arabs were polytheistic, but that all changed with a man named Muhammad.===

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===Muhammad was a caravan manager. One day when Muhammad was meditating and received revelations from Allah. Eventually Muhammad became the religious and political leader of Mecca. The Islamic Faith spread through the Arabian Peninsula. Muhammad died in the year 632. After his death Abu-Bakr, the father-in-law of Muhammad became Caliph.===

===The Islamic Empire came to an end with the Mongols. The Mongols were pastoral people who swept out of the Gobi in the early thirteenth century to seize control of much of the known world. They took over the empire and eventually converted to the Islamic faith. The Mongols rebuilt the cities, but started drifting apart in the late fourteenth century. The world of Islam was no more.=== People: Muhammad: Founder of Islam. Led small forces to take over caravans and make a name for the Islamic religion. Muhammad is the most important person in Islamic worship. Saladin: In 1169, he took over Egypt and made himself sultan, ending the Fatimid Dynasty. Was military leader in the Crusades for the Muslims. Ibn - Khaldun: Lived in the fourteenth century and was the most prominent historian of the age. Ibn Sina: Wrote a medical encyclopedia that stressed the contagious nature of diseases. Ibn - Rushd: Lived in Cordoba and wrote commentaries on all of Aristotles works. He was a scholar and many scholars at the time were mathmeticians and many other things.

Terms: Mosque: The holy place of worship for the Islamic religion. The equivalent to a the church in Christianity. Quran: The muslim holy text that the Islams base their life around. The equivalent to the Bible in Christianity. Vizier: The prime minister that headed a council and was advised by a caliph. Astrolabe: This was and instrument used by the sailors to determine there location by looking at the position of the stars and planets. Bazaar: A covered market. These were important to every day part of life in Muslim cities or towns.

Links: Five Pillars of Islam- Explains the Five Pillars of Islam and the rituals of Muslims. Crusades- The Islamic Crusases vs. The Christian Crusades. Mecca- The pilgimage to mecca. Muhammad- Biography of Muhammad. Mosque- Provides information on everything about mosques.

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570 A.D.- Muhammad the founder of Islam was born. 610 A.D.- Muhammad has his revelation. 632 A.D.- Muhhamas dies. 661 A.D.- Umayyad Dynasty begins. 700 A.D.- Islamic Golden Age begins. 711 A.D.- Tariq invades Spain. 717 A.D.- Battle of Constantinople. 750 A.D.- Abbusid Dynasty begins. 1071 A.D.- Battle of Manzikert. 1460 A.D.- Vlad the Impaler stops the Mislins from expanding.