Origins of Islam Text pages 66-75 Name ______Hr_____

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Life in a Desert Land
Physical Features and climate / Hot dry air
Band of deserts created / -Temperatures reach ______
-Sand dunes up to ______
-Hundreds of miles of ______
-Limited water in scattered ______
Two ways of life / Nomads
Settlements / Lived in ______/ herded ______
Traveled across desert looking ______
Belonged to tribes for ______
Homes near oases / farmed
Became towns along ______
Merchants came in ______
A New Religion
Muhammed Becomes a Prophet / An angel spoke to him
Messages formed basis of Islam
Muslims follow Islam faith / Belief is that God had spoken to Muhammed and made
him a prophet –
Messages continued and collected in the Koran – (also spelled Qur’an)-______
Muhammad’s Teachings / 613 Muhammad began teachings / Monotheistic –
People should help those ______
Islam Spreads in Arabia / Few followers at first, Islam spread
Muhammed left Mecca for Medina
Muslim community grew strong / Mecca’s rulers were threatened – even had ______
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called the hegira – ______
happened in 622 –used as first year of ______
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soon Arab tribes and people of Mecca accepted ______
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Islamic Practices and Beliefs
Qur’an (Koran) / Collection of Muhammed’s teachings
Beliefs
Guidelines for behavior
Explicit -how to prepare for worship
Implicit – forbid slavery
jihad
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-“to make an effort, or to struggle” to obey God and
Islamic ways
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Sunnah
Five Pillars of Islam
Daily life / -refers to the way Muhammed lived
Hadith –
-Five acts or worship required by all
Muslims
Kaaba
Muhammed’s example of how to
treat others / -
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Islamic Law / Quar’an (Koran) and Sunnah are
guides for how Muslims should live / Shariah –
-  no distinction between religious beliefs and
daily life, Islam affects ______
Hajj / -pilgrimage to Mecca
-Mecca / -