Spread Of Islam Dbq Essay

    Around the years of 632-750 C.E., Islamic followers created an empire that reached across North Africa into Europe and dominated the Middle East. Due to several aspects leading up to expansion such as war, geography, and establishing an organized impressionable government, the Islamic empire grew rapidly.

One’s mission as a Muslim is to proselytize and strive to get people to convert to Islam. This allowed more people to join the Muslim community, thus expanding it in population. The belief of the Muslims was not friendly to people who were once Muslim and converted to a different religion. Islam teaches that people who leave the religion are to be killed. Killing apostates scared people and persuaded them to stay in the Muslim community. Lastly, Islam was an attractive religion because it did not have any priests or positions of authority. Under the eyes of Allah, the low cannot be distinguished from the high nor the master from the slave. (Document 3) This attracted many poor people and slaves to Islam because they were given a chance to be equal in

According to document D, the people within the empire who did not convert or be part of the pact and pay the tax would be subject to jihad, raiding those who are not willing to commit to the religion. Most likely, people will decide to convert since they do not want to pay an additional tax. This statement is supported in document E, it mentioned how jihad would continue in towns within the empire who are not part of the pact(whether you convert to Islam or pay the tax) until you join and decide to pay the tax or convert to a muslim. Document F also also informed the reader about the war between the Islamic empire and the Byzantine empire. The Islamic empire gave the Hims tax money and were told to fight against Heraclius, the troop leader, and the rest of the Byzantine empire which they had no problem with. They were able to defeat the Byzantine despite their outnumbered army claiming Allah, God, was the major leader of the war. This supports my claim since the Islamic empire was able to trust other conquered land to fight off invaders, this is important since the empire has more people to assign work to and protect the

The Islamic empire grew very fast through 50 years from 632-750 and what helped them was the general expansion and conquer (Document 8). Mohammad was telling the people who didn’t believe in their god to either pay taxes or start to believe. This helped them grow their religion faster because most people didn’t want to pay. The other part that helped their empire and religion grow at a fast rate was, a historian wrote that they gave the people 3 choices pay taxes, believe in our god, or possibly die which people

Islam spread quickly because people converted to their religion to avoid the hassle that Islam had in store. Muslims were extremely violent toward Non-muslims, but if they agreed to become Muslim, the violence would be ended (Doc E). So some people pretended to become Muslim for an easier life, which was a great idea. But some really may have switched over to the Muslim religion from their own. Pretending to, or truly becoming Muslim was the only way out of being threatened, and it was key to a pretty much worry free life. Muslims didn’t have to pay taxes and were not ghazued (Doc D).

As seen in Document D, Islam would prevent Muslims from attacking other Muslims which lead to an increase in ghazu raids against non-Muslims. As Muslims attacked the already weak Byzantine and Persian Empires, they would spare people's lives. They would take their food and clothing but allow them to continue living. This deviation from the normal procedure of killing those whom you stole from allowed for people to join the religion in order to avoid future attacks. Document F presents a retelling of the Battle of Yarmuk between the Byzantines and the Muslims. It explains how the Hims, non-Muslims from Syria, joined the Muslims because Islam offered an escape from the oppressive Byzantine government. Islam united various cultures under one political and religious

Military conquest also played a big role in Islam’s growth. “In the year 636 the Byzantine Emperor… gathered an army… to resist the expansion of Islam. The people… are the… Syrians…

God has power to grant them victory.(22:39) (Document B). In other words when Islam did start to take over and conquer, they allowed the people to do as they pleased but they have to earn respect back. The only time that the followers would bring harm is when attacked. This was a great offer to the people because it gave them their privacy and respect, while keeping peace between their boundaries.The qualities of what the followers should do or be is devout, sincere, patient, charitable, and chaste. Other values is that to not bring harm to other human beings. All of these polices sound reasonable, and negotiable making it much easier for the followers to transition into Islam’s ways (Document

One of the first major reasons for the swift spread of Islam was

In the beginning, Muhammad started to preach his teachings, called Islam, in a populous trade center known as Mecca. Though, at first, his preachings were resisted as the people worried that idol worship and pilgrimages, or journeys to a sacred place, would end. This, in fact, proved to be true as with enough support, Muhammad ordered that the idols be destroyed and that a shrine dedicated to Allah be built instead, making Mecca the birthplace and foundation of Islam. However, within 100 years of Muhammad’s death in 632 CE, Islam had spread to multiple other countries including Europe, North Africa, and Asia. The question is, how did Islam spread so rapidly over the course of 100 years? Briefly put, Islam spread rapidly due to trade routes, military campaigns, and non-Muslim converts.

In its Golden Age, Islam’s influence reached all the way to Spain, Anatolia, West Africa, and India, among other regions. While these regions were all, in a way, united under a common religion, each of them both altered and were altered by Islam in their own unique ways. Although there were similarities that existed with the spread of Islam to each of those places, many more differences prevailed. Differences and similarities existed in the forms of the role of migration, role of trade, role of cultural exchange, methods of conversion to Islam, and the unique cultural developments in each region.

The spread of Islam throughout the world was among the most significant worldwide movements in history. Beginning as the faith of a small community of believers in Arabia in the seventh century, Islam rapidly became one of the major world religions. The core beliefs and culture of this faith is the belief that Muhammad (570-632), a respected businessman in Mecca, a commercial and religious center in western Arabia, received revelations from God that have been preserved in the Qur'an. The core of Islam remains the same today after 1396 years. Islam still translates to “submission” and Muslims still live by the Qur’an and follow the 5 Pillars of Islam. However, throughout the Pre-Islamic, Umayyad, and Abbasid

The motivating force of Islam, and thus the ideas first established by Muhammad, played a crucial role in the conquests. The new aim shared by many Muslims, to convert the entire world to Islam, was the most important reason for the initial Arab conquests. This led to an enthusiastic and motivated army, which facilitated its success. Muhammad continued to inspire Arabs to work together and fight successfully long after his death. Rather than reckless

Mohammed offered alternatives to leaders of Christian tribes. He told them that they either had to convert to Islam or pay tribute, or money, in return for protection on the condition of the acceptance of Islam. If they obeyed the Lord and Mohammed, then the Muslim armies would defend them. However, if the tribes opposed or displeased them, there would be a cruel, brutal war between the two groups in which children would be taken captive and the elderly would be killed. Though these attacks were viewed as cruel and merciless by the Christians, the Muslims viewed this as act of self-defense. They felt these attacks were necessary because they had to fight their enemies in the name of God and live according to the example of their prophet, Mohammed.

Islam expanded quickly because of the Muslims offer them protect them for tribute and peace as long as no one would invade. The Muslim empire