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• Study the map and the time line on these pages.
• What do they tell you about Islam and the lands and the peoples of the Arabian peninsula?
Big Ideas About Early IslamBelief Systems People adopt new beliefs that give meaning to life.
The Arabian peninsula in Southwest Asia was an important trading region in the 500s. A religious leader named Muhammad was born there in the city of Mecca. He brought the message of the religion of Islam to the Arab peoples and created an empire that would spread throughout the region during his lifetime.
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c. 570
▲ Muhammad is born.(Qur’an)
597
▲ St. Augustine brings Christianity
to Britain.
565Byzantine emperor
Justinian dies.
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S A H A R A
ARABIAN
PENINSULA
C a u c a s u sM t s .Constantinople
Merv
Mecca
Alexandria
Rome
Jerusalem
Medina
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile
Rive
r
Danube River
Cyprus
Sicily
Crete
B l a c k S e a
Red
Sea
AralSea
Persian Gulf
A r a b i a n
S e a
M ed i t e r r a n e a n S e a
CaspianSea
P E R S I A
E G Y P T
MESOPOTAMIA
A F R I C A
E U R O P E
A S I A
BY Z A N T I N E E M P I R E
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20°N
30°N
40°N
50°N
Tropic of Cancer
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0 250 500 kilometers
250 500 miles
Muslim lands underMuhammad to 632
Muslim lands addedunder the Caliphs by 661
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S
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632Abu Bakr becomes caliph after Muhammad’s death.(Abu Bakr’s name in Arabic)
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618Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China.(Tang camel sculpture)
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630Muhammad returns to
Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.
610Muhammad starts to spread Islam.
646The emperor becomes the sole ruler of Japan for the first time.
661Islam splits into factions.
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