Arabia & the Rise of Islam
This city was an important center of religion and trade before Islam.
What is Mecca?
Muhammad was born in this city around 570 CE.
What is Mecca?
This is the sacred text of Islam.
What is the Qur’an?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all share this belief.
The belief in one God.
The Sunni-Shia division began over disagreement about this issue.
Who should lead the Muslim community after Muhammad’s death
Before Islam, most Arabs practiced this belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
According to Islamic tradition, this angel delivered God’s message to Muhammad.
What is the Cave of Hira?
Muslims believe Muhammad was the final one of these religious messengers.
What is Zakat?
The three religions are called ______ Religions because they trace their traditions to this person.
What are Abrahamic religions.
The Umayyads moved the capital to this city, while the Abbasids later moved it to this city.
1. Damascus, Syria
2. Baghdad, Iraq
Arabia’s location between these three regions made it important for trade.
What are Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean world?
This was Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.
What is the Hijra?
Physically abled and economically abled Muslims must fulfill this pillar at least once.
What is Hajj?
This is where Muslims go to pray.
What is mosque?
This dynasty oversaw the Islamic Golden Age.
The Abbasid Dynasty
This sacred structure in Mecca once contained many idols and the Black Stone.
What is the Kaaba?
This was Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.
What is the Hijra?
During Ramadan, Muslims practice this pillar by fasting.
What is Sawm?
This religion recognizes Jesus as an important prophet and the Messiah, but does not consider him God or the Son of God.
What is Islam?
Explain one important difference between the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties.
Explain one way trade routes helped Islam spread beyond Arabia.
Merchants and travelers carried Islamic beliefs and ideas to other regions?
Explain why the Hijra was a major turning point in Islamic history.
Muhammad established a stronger Muslim community and became a religious and political leader in Medina.
Name all Five Pillars of Islam.
Explain one major difference between Christian and Islamic beliefs about Jesus.
Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God, while Muslims recognize Jesus as a prophet and Messiah but not God?
Explain how the Abbasid Dynasty helped create the Islamic Golden Age.