TEST XIVISLAM AND AMERICAS

Islam

• -Prophet Mohammed AD 570 (570 years after Jesus was born)-Married KHADIJAH AFTER she proposed to him-he’s younger-received revelation to:

RECITERISEWARN

Islam

• -God is “Allah”-wanted Social Justice for the poor against the rich-lived and preached in MEKKAH (Mecca)-Emigrated to YATHRIB (Medina)in 622 AD

-622 AD marks the start of the Islamic Calendar-dies in 632 AD

ISLAM DIVIDED

• Ali vs Mu’awiyahShiites vs Sunnis

• -Muhammad writes the Quaran (Koran)• Islam means “Submission to the will of Allah”

FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

ISLAM

• Leaders called CALIPHS• CONQUEST– ARABIA– MID-EAST– INTO NORTH AFRICA– INTO SOUTHERN EUROPE

CONQUEST

MUSLIM ACHIEVEMENTS

• 1) Math– Arabic numerals– Al-jebir=algebra2) astronomy-Babylon3)Geography-cartography4) Chemistry5) Medicine

The Americas

• First Americans– Asiatic people crossing land bridge

Americas

• THE OLMEC

OLMEC

• Jaguar worship• Trade and commerce• Decline and fall– Destroyed own monuments– Left no written record

THE MAYA

MAYA

• Define-Tikal, Glyph, Codex, Popol Vuh• Know:– Chichen Itza– Decline of

THE TOLTEC

THE AZTEC

AZTEC

• DEFINE-Quetzalcoatl, Triple Alliance, Montezuma II

• Know: Tenochtitlan

TEOTIHUACAN

TENOCHTITLAN

• Worship of the Sun God

QUETZALCOATL

INCA

• Peru and Chile

INCA

• STARTED by a powerful and ambitious ruler in 1438 called Pachacuti

• Unites the Moche and Chimu• Creates a Government and religious system

united by:

ROADS

MACHU PICHU

INCA

• Capital city was Cuzco– Temple of the Sun God– City and empire eventually split and fell when

Atahualpa and brother Huascar fought over throne– Inca’s introduce the Potato to the Spanish later.