Rise of islam
Geography
harsh living conditions
-people of the desert
, were organized into clans the arab nomads, called Bedouins
-moving
by the time of 600 AD, many Arabs had shosen to settle by an oasis or in a market town, the desert life was just to tough and unpredictable.
larger towns near the western coast of arabia bacame market towns
-special city
one of these cities was mecca
mecca is a holy city where Muslims pray towards
alo it is very common for muslims to go visit mecca to pay homage
-trade life
after these people had moved into larger cities, the trading increased as well.
many routes because of the bodies of water that surrounded the area.
traded many things like spices, incense, perfume, presious metals, ivory, silk.
-Monotheistic or Polytheistic
the islamic religion is Monotheistic.
they believe in one god called Allah.
-Muhammad
the prophet Muhammad vry influential figure.
he was raised by his grandfather and uncle.
he received little schooling and began working on as a trader.
at the age of 40 Muhammad became very interested in religion.
-general info
islam means "submission to the will of Allah
Maslim means "one who has submitted
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