Muhammad founded the religion of Islam in 570 CE after receiving revelations from God through the archangel Gabriel. Islam gradually spread through military conquests and trade routes, establishing a vast Muslim empire. The core beliefs of Islam are the oneness of God and that Muhammad is his prophet, as outlined in the Quran. The five pillars of Islam are the fundamental acts worship: the declaration of faith, daily prayers, alms giving, fasting during Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.

1. History of Islam
By: Carlos Rodriguez

2. Arabian peninsula map

3. Founder of the religion(Muhammad)
• Muhammad was born into an important
family in Mecca around 570.
• An angel tell to Muhammad recite Muslims
believe that God had spoken to Muhammad
through the angel and had made him a
prophet, a person who tells of messages from
God.

4. Map of the Spread of Islam
• Islam gradually spread
through areas the
Muslim conquered. At
the same time trade
helped spread Islam
into other areas as well.

5. Sources of Islamic Beliefs
• The central teaching in Qur’an is that there in
only one God-Allah-and that Muhammad is
his prophet.
• Islam teaches that the world had a definite
beginning and will end one day.

6. The 5 pillars of Islam
1. pillars is a
statement of faith
2. pillar of Islam is
daily prayer
3. pillar is a yearly
donation to
charity
4. Pillar is fasting
going without
food and drink
5. Pillar is the hajj a
pilgrimage to
Mecca

7. Early Muslim Conquests
• Centuries after the early Arab Muslim
conquests.
• Rules and military leaders in Persian empire
spoke Persian, Turkish leaders spoke Turkish.

8. Mecca and Medina
MECCA MEDINA
• Slowly, more people
began to listen to
Muhammad’s ideas .
But as Islam began to
influence people, the
rules of Mecca became
more and more worried
• Medina means the
“Prophet’s city” in
Arabic

9. The Hajj
• Is one of the five pillars of Islam
• Every year Muslim make a religious journey ,to
Mecca Saudi Arabia

10. Muslim empire
• In the mid-1200s Muslim Turkish warriors
known as Ottomans began to take land from
the Christian Byzantine Empire. As the map
shows, they eventually ruled lands from
eastern Europe to North Africa and Arabia

11. Explanation of religious symbol

12. Trade in the Muslim world
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