The Rise of Islam

What is Islam?•Mohammed•“Submission”•Muslim-”One who submits to God” •Monotheistic•Claims to be in the tradition of the great Jewish and Christian figures:

•Abraham of Ur•Moses•Jesus

The Tenants of Islam•The Qu’ran•The Five Pillars

•“There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his Prophet.”•Prayer•Charity•Fasting•The Hajj

•Mecca•Medina •Expansion•Caliphate•Sharia

The Islamic Empires (Caliphates)

•Muhammed•First Three Caliphates•Umayyad Caliphate•Abbasid Caliphate•“Islamic Golden Age”•Mongol invasion

•Seljuk Turks•Ottoman Turks

Expansion under the Prophet Mohammad, 612-632Expansion during the First three caliphs, 632-655Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-75

Islamic Culture

The Islamic Golden Age750-1258

•Abbasid Caliphate•Capital moved from Damascus to Baghdad•Science

•Astronomy•Optics•Paper

•Medicine•Surgery•Hospitals

•Mathematics•Algebra•Arabic numerals

•Philosophy•Averroes