Warm Up• 1. Copy HW

• 2. Please grab a white workbook and put your name on the binding in pen/marker

• 3. Please tear out page 49 and make it page 21 of your SS notebook

• 4. Return your white notebook to the shelf

• 5. Be ready for a video in 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!

Essential Questions

• How does religion impact social and political institutions?

• What happens when people of different cultures interact with one another?

What do you know about Islam?

Please answer the 3 bullet points on page 21 of your notebook.

1. Small checker

2. Most-Middle East and North Africa Least- Latin (South) America

3. Middle East, because it has the highest percentage of followers there

Arabia

Daily Life in Early Arabia• Desert

• Oasis-green area w/ water

• People organized in tribes w/ a Sheikh as their leader

• Bedouins-desert herders

• Caravans-group of traveling merchants and animals

Geography• Makkah (Mecca)-largest and richest town/ center of Islam

Ka’bah-built by Ibrahim (Abraham). It is stated in the Qur'an that this was the first house that was built for humanity to worship Allah (God).

Muhammad

• Prophet of Islam• Born 570 AD• 610 AD angel visits him in the hills and

said-”surrender to the will of Allah” and worship only Allah

Allah

• Islamic God

• Live a good life and when the “judgment day” arrives God will reward you

• Quran-holy book of Islam

Muhammad’s Social Message

• All people were equal

• Became popular among the poor of Arabia

A Controversial Message…

• People should be held accountable for their actions

• Good actions = rewards• Evil actions = punishment

• Who might have a problem with this message?

Closure

• Please answer the following essential question…

• How did the introduction of Islam impact the people of Mecca?

• Make it page 23, don’t forget your name, and hand it in before you leave

Warm-up

• COPY HW

• Please take out your notes from yesterday –page 22 in your notebook

Opposition to Islam and Muhammad

• The wealthy thought Muhammad was a threat taking…their power and giving away their wealth

• Muslims were persecuted in Mecca

Hijrah• “breaking of relationships”-622 C.E.

Year 1 of the Muslim calendar

• They left for Yathrib/Medina-where he started an Islamic State-combination of church and state

MosqueIslamic house of worship

Return to Mecca: 630 C.E.• After several years of fighting Muhammad and

his followers, with help of many Bedouin tribes capture the city of Mecca

How did Muhammad treat his enemies?

• Fairly

• What impact do you think this had on the future of the Islamic religion?

• It showed Allah was merciful and caused more people to join…

Closure

• Imagine you lived in Mecca at the time Muhammad started sharing the ideas of Islam.

• Please write a letter to a friend in Jerusalem that includes the following…

– The basic teachings of Muhammad– The mood/reaction of the people around town– Your personal thoughts on the future of Mecca/Islam