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What are the main beliefs and practices of Islam? How did Islam begin?

• Where and when did Islam develop?

Islam developed in the 600s in Mecca, when a prophet named in Muhammad had a vision from God and spoke his teachings.

• Describe Muhammad’s early life and his religious experiences.

Muhammad was a

• What is the importance of the Qur’an?

Because it is all written by muhammad and it is the word from god

• What are the practices and meanings of the Five Pillars?

1. Shahada - 

• How are Judaism, Islam and Christianity similar and different?

In Judaism, people don’t think Muhammad is a prophet

In Islam, you can’t show Allah in an image or statue, but in Judaism or Christianity you can

In Christianity you follow the new testament, not the old

Vocabulary: 

Islam:

A religion

Muslim:

Some who follows Islam

prophet:

Someone who communicates the word from god/someone that can speak with god.

Muhammad:

Allah:

God/the name for god in islam

Qur’an:

Mecca:

Ka’aba:

Five Pillars:

Hajj:

Ramadan:

The 9th month in the islamic calendar, characterized by people eating only when the sun is down.

Where were the Islamic Empires? How did they grow and expand? Why were they successful?

• Explain how the caliphates grew & why the capital moved

• Why did Muhammad’s death lead to a crisis?

• What are some examples of the ways the Islamic Empires improved infrastructure?

• Why were the Islamic Empires successful politically and militarily?

• Why was Islam appealing?  Why was it successful?

• What are some examples of the ways religious beliefs influenced government and law?

Vocabulary: 

Caliph:

 Sunni:

 Shi’a:

“People of the Book”:

 Mosque:

What was traded within the Islamic Empires?  How did goods and ideas move from one place to another?  How did the Islamic Empires encourage trade?

• How did Islam encourage trade?

• What goods were traded within the Islamic Empires?

• How did these goods lead to innovations or new ideas?

Vocabulary: 

Sakk:

Urbanization:

What were the scientific, artistic, and intellectual accomplishments?  How did Islam influence these accomplishments?  How did trade influence accomplishments?

• In what ways did the House of Wisdom preserve Greco-Roman, Indian, and Persian achievements?

• What were some of the scientific, artistic and intellectual accomplishments of the Islamic golden age?

• How did Islam influence some of the achievements?

• How did trade influence some of the achievements?

Vocabulary: 

House of Wisdom: 

Cosmopolitan:

 Urbanization:

 Golden age: