Introduction Islam, meaning “submission”, is one of the largest religions in this world, reaching over a billion followers. It is a monotheistic religion originally started by the Prophet Muhammad in 7th-century Saudi Arabia. Muhammad united the Arabian peninsula and established the fact that there is one true god, “Allah”. Muslims, who are the followers of Islam, must follow the Five Pillars of Islam—faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca. The Islamic civilization is known for developing algebra and building religious structures called mosques. In this report, you will learn about the religion, social structure, location, history, and importance of the Islamic civilization.
Importance/Influence
Ancient Islam had many achievements that have a large influence on daily life. Muslim scholars combined the Indian numerical system, the use of zero, and Greek mathematics, eventually leading to a Muslim mathematician using these ideas to write two books. One book laid the foundation for modern day algebra and the other book invented a new number system called the “Arabic” numerals, which we use today. In medicine, Muslim scholars also combined Indian and greek
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In 641 and 642, the Islamic Empire conquered both Iran and Egypt. In the 8th century, the Islamic Empire conquered northern Africa, Spain and Portugal, and India and Indonesia. Sadly, in 732, the Islamic Empire was stopped at the Battle of Tours in France. Then, in the Abbasid Dynasty, the capital was moved from Damascus to Baghdad. From then on, the Islamic Empire has been steadily growing, becoming one of the largest religions to ever be. The Arabian Peninsula was a dry and warm area, and nearly always had a shortage of water. But by the Middle Ages, West Asia started to dig canals from the Nile, Tigris, and other major rivers to water their
HIX: INFLUENCE OF CHINA ISLAMIC EMPIRE: Persia fell under Islam at an early date, especially after the Abbasid dynasty and the founding of it's capital Baghdad. Persian traditions deeply influenced Islamic political and cultural leaders. Persian administrative techniques
The Islamic people had a very powerful culture. Muslims mastered many crafts and trade which helped them grow and prosper. Modern cultures have used and built onto many ideas that the Islamic people had implemented into their own lives. The Islamic people strived in science, philosophy, astronomy, geography, mathematics, and medicine. This DBQ will talk about his topic.
PACING Pacing Guidance for Unit 3: Rise of Islam: 8 days Oct. 7th – Nov. 1st Days DC Power Content Standard Notes 1-5 9.1.3: Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, including the life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, including Islamic teachings on its connection with Judaism and Christianity Teachers will design and implement their own instructional strategies to support student learning about the origins of Islam and the life of the Prophet Muhammad. The teachings of Muhammad and Islam and their connection with Judaism and Christianity is addressed by the Cornerstone. 6-8 9.1.2: Describe the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests and treaties, emphasizing the cultural blending
The Islamic conquests of areas outside Arabia began in the seventh century. In the first wave of conquest, the Arabs took Syria,
When Muhammad died, Muslims faced the challenge of creating institutions to preserve the community. This is the Middle period of Islam. Muslims believe that the revelation was completed with the work of Muhammad, who is described as the seal of the prophets. The leaders after Muhammad were described only as caliphs, or successors to the Prophet, and not as prophets themselves. The first four caliphs were companions of the Prophet and their period of rule (632-661) is described by the majority of Muslims as the age of the Rightly Guided Caliphate. This was an era of expansion during which Muslims conquered the Sasanid (Persian) Empire and took control of the North African and Syrian territories of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. The Muslim community was transformed from a small city-state controlling much of the Arabian Peninsula into a major world empire, in this case the Umayyad empire, extending from northwest Africa to central Asia. The emphasis
After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Islam, then the official religion of the Ottoman Empire, gained heavy importance. The highest position in Islam, the caliphate, was a position to be held by the sultan, after the Mamluks — young slaves of the Abbasids forced into military — reached their defeat. The sultan was to be a devout and honest Muslim to lead as caliph.
Al-Khwarizmi introduce the number system to Europe.That is called symbols that they use numbers for today.The three most important and influential Muslim innovations that changed the world or affect the world today was Math, Music, Medicine.
The Islamic empire benefited surrounding countries with this advancement and
Islamics accomplishments has impacted this world in a very good way. One of their accomplishments was how to cure small pox. The Islamics combined the Indian numbers with the Greek mathematics to create arabic numerals. The Muslims and the Greek invented a thing called astolobe that determines where you are in the world. When Islamics started researching Astronomy, they started to calculate the time and day.
The mathematics had been developed for four thousand years, and Muslim inherited mathematics from Egyptian, Mesopotamians, Sumerian and Babylonian. Greek geometry and Hindu arithmetic and algebra reached at an early stage in Muslim lands and were translated in centers such as Gondeshapur and Baghdad. Starting out at intellectual center of Islam, they soon criticizing those concepts and formulation by finding inaccurate and inconsistent information and adapt their own ideas. At the same period in Western Europe, they still use Roman numerals and abacus to calculate numbers. The Babylonian already had concept of bases sixty computation with place value numerals. Muslim then developed a decimal arithmetic based on place value and joint concept of zero. In the ninth century, Banu Musa brothers who were three gifted sons of Musa, Muhammad, Ahmad, and Hassan ibn Musa lived in Baghdad studied problems in constructing interrelated geometrical figures. Later the characteristic of those line, space of geometrical shape was given intense study and utilized sophisticated geometry in designing waterwheels, in improving farming equipment, in developing new type of weapon used at war. Another person who make significant contribution on mathematics is Muhammad ibn al-Khwarizmi, a Persian born in the eighth century. He was the first person who originated both terms “algebra”, and
The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times, the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened, but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex, as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations, such as Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, concerning several subjects, including both civil and social rights. Thus, in general, the rights of Islamic women did not improve significantly over time, instead, conditions remained the same or became worse for women as Islam evolved and spread as a world religion.
As history continues, many religions have had an over powering effect on western civilization. When the 5th century arose, the religion, Islam, had an extremely important impact on the civilization. Muhammad, an Arabic prophet founded Islam and began to introduce it the people of his time. Diplomacy, violence, warfare, public laws, and Arabic tradition played a crucial role in the building of the Islamic religion. These important aspects helped shape and build the Islam religion that is now one of the world’s most widely practiced religions.
The region of the Middle East and its inhabitants have always been a wonder to the Europeans, dating back to the years before the advent of Islam and the years following the Arab conquest. Today, the Islamic world spreads from the corners of the Philippines to the far edges of Spain and Central Africa. Various cultures have adopted the Islamic faith, and this blending of many different cultures has strengthened the universal Islamic culture. The religion of Islam has provided a new meaning to the lives of many people around the world. In the Islamic world, the religion defines and enriches culture and as a result the culture gives meaning to the individual. Islam is not only a religion, it is in its own way a culture. It may be this very
The book that we have chosen to review is titled “Lost History, the Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers and Artists”. The author of the book is Michael Hamilton Morgan. The book was published in the year 2007 and also holds the same copyright date. The book is a non-fiction. The main subject matter of the book is the history of the Islamic civilization from the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
Islam, during its early years, was a dynamic force engendering rapid social change in the Arabian peninsula and its environs during the 6th and 7th centuries, therefore its