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CHAPTER 14RISE OF ISLAM
PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA
Nomadic Bedouin
Patriarchal
MECCA
Hijaz Advantages
Zamzam Ka’ba
Quraysh Muhammad
MUHAMMAD
Merchant Meditation Revelations
from Allah
Last of many prophets
ISLAM
Quran – holy book “reading” Revelations Religious/social
Hadith Prophet’s sayings, deeds
UMMA
Community Legal/social code
ISLAM VS. CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM
Jesus, Abraham, Moses Bible Same God Message, complete revelation
BELIEFS
Five Pillars One God Pray to Allah Fast: Ramadan Give to poor Hajj
SHARIA
Holy law Qu’ran, Hadith Behavior Marriage, family, business, inheritance
EXPANSION
Small regional group Large empire
CALIPH
Deputy Religious, political Not a prophet
CULTURE
SPREAD OF FOOD
From one region to another India
MARKETS
Artisans, merchants Industry Textiles, pottery, leather, paper
TRADE AND COMMERCE
Camel caravans Land and sea
BANKING
Lent money Exchanged currency investments
WOMEN
Patriarchal Quran
Female infanticide Dowries Honorable, equal to men
Strict control of men Veiling, escorts
Eighth century 1001 Nights Baghdad: banking, commerce,
industry Large metropolis
Writers/artists Money for the poor
HARUN AL-RASHID
Science and medicine 900-1100
ISLAMIC CULTURE
Greek, Indian influences Avicenna
Canon on Medicine
Al-Razi Diseases: smallpox, measles
Math, optics, hospitals
SCIENCE
ARCHITECTURE
Literature Arabian Nights
Ibn-Kaldun Father of sociology History
SOCIETY
Mystics Missionaries Personal, emotional, devotional
approach Permitted local customs and rituals
SUFIS
Sufis India S.E. Asia
SPREAD OF ISLAM