1. ISLAM
In CONTEXT
Islam – submission
Muslim – one who submits

2. Foundations
 Islam began in the Arabian Peninsula
within Arab Bedouin culture.
 This culture was pastoral, tribal, and
polytheistic

5. Foundations
 Muhammad was a merchant who experienced a
revelation of God (Allah) that would begin a
new religion – with connections to Judaism
and Christianity.

6. Texts
 The Quran (Koran) contains the
revelations given to Muhammad.
 The Hadith are the teachings and actions
of Muhammad.

7. Spread
 After Muhammad gained followers and won
a civil war against other clan leaders, more
groups joined him.
 Military success, the weakness of
surrounding Empires, and elements of
Islamic belief allowed Muslims to expand
their control.
 The next centuries saw rapid expansion of
the Islamic empire.

9. Spread
 As it spread, Arabic language and culture
spread and mixed with other cultures.

10. Islamic Civilization 1500s

11. Spread & CHANGE
 Soon after Muhammad’s
death, two groups developed
as a result of conflicting ideas
about leadership.
 Sunni and Shi’a branches of
Islam continued to split into
smaller groups.

13. Spread & CHANGE
 As Islam spread into other regions it
influenced cultures.
 New cultures also influenced elements of
Islam.

14. Islam compared to
Christianity
 Both founders were in leadership and
teaching for a relatively short time neither
wrote texts
 Both teachings initially appealed to lower
classes and women
 Both belief systems emphasized social
justice
 Both challenged the belief systems in their
time and place.

15. Islam compared to
Christianity
 Unlike Christianity, Islam began as both a
belief system and a political structure.
 Muhammad saw his teaching as the final
revelation of Allah
 Unlike Christianity, Islamic belief was strictly
monotheistic and limited representation of
humans or things as idolatry.

16. Connections with Judaism
and Christianity
 Islam retained elements of Judaism and
Christianity.
 Abraham
 Jesus (as a prophet)
 The Torah and Quran have similar narratives

17. ESSAY Prompts
 Analyze the continuities and changes
over time in the social structure of
Islamic Civilization as it spread from
600 ce to 1500 ce.

18. ESSAY Prompts
 Analyze the continuities and changes
over time in the political structure of
Islamic Civilization as it spread from
600 ce to 1500 ce.

19. ESSAY Prompts
 Analyze the continuities and changes
over time in the culture of Islamic
Civilization as it spread from 600 ce to
1500 ce.

20. ESSAY Prompts
 Analyze the continuities and changes
over time in the commerce and trade of
Islamic Civilization as it spread from
600 ce to 1500 ce.

21. ESSAY Prompts
 Analyze the continuities and changes
over time in Islamic Civilization as it
spread from 600 ce to 1500 ce.
 Analyze the similarities and differences
in TWO of the following societies as
they were impacted by Islam from 600
to 1500 ce.
 India
 Anatolia
 West Africa
 Spain