Topic 8B- Islamic Civilization

• Muhammad's World: Arabia

  •  Outside the Roman Empire 
  • Mecca – birthplace of Muhammad, 570 CE 
  • Polytheistic
• Muhammad's World - Qu'ran

  •  Angelic messages to Muhammad 
  • Definitive text by c. 650 CE 
  • Verbatim word of God – in Arabic 
  • Defines core beliefs of Islam
• Muhammad's World - The New Faith

  •  Allah  
  • Salima (surrender, not sacrifice) 
  • Restoration of faith of Abraham
  • Christians and Jews­: “People of the Book” and ­To be tolerated
• Muhammad's World: Early Spread of Islam

  •  Medina 
  • Mecca 
  • Arabian countryside 
  • Fight till all men say “there is no god but God”