the arabian peninsula, the prophet muhammad, and the birth of islam (570 – 632 ad)
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The Arabian Peninsula, The Prophet Muhammad,
And the Birth of Islam
(570 – 632 AD)
The Arabian Peninsula
• Why was this a good location for trade and the spread of ideas?– climate– Mecca
Arab life in the 600s AD• How did Bedouins
live? - nomads -
herders - clans• Where were settled
communities located?- oases- market towns- coastal areas
Mecca at the Birth of Muhammad
• The Ka’aba– Who built it?
Abraham– How was it used?
Over 360 idols for traders and religious pilgrims
• Belief in one god - Allah
What were Muhammad’s Revelations?
• Through the Angel Gabriel1) Allah is the one God2) Muhammad receives the Qur’an in Jerusalem
What’s up with this painting? Why is this a controversial location?
Why were Muhammad’s ideas unpopular in Mecca?
• What is going on in this painting?
• Abu Bakr– Muhammad’s first
convert– Father of Khadijah– 1st Caliph
(“successor”)– Qur’an recorded
under his rule
How was the Hijrah a Turning Point?
• 200 mile escape to Yathrib, renamed Medina (“city of the Prophet”)– Muhammad builds
first mosque– Attracts converts– Muslim calendar (this
year is 1433 A.H.)
Why was Muhammad’s return to Mecca important?
• In 630 AD, Muhammad’s forces capture Mecca– He removes the idols from the Ka’aba– He unifies much of the peninsula under Islam by his
death two years later
The 3 Holiest Places in Islam
- Know their names and locations