The Islamic Culture Mirrors Of The Roman Empire

While praying, the archangel Gabriel appeared to him with revelations from God. He then used the revelations he received to introduce Islam to everyone around him. It was here that Muhammad was named Prophet, and Mecca became the birthplace of one of the largest religions in the world. Islam spread rapidly because of military conquests, existing trade routes, and the overall appeal to the message.

Mecca was known as a trading city, for its camel caravans that would constantly visit, and an important religious shrine known as the Ka’ba which was economically beneficial since traders would pay to visit it and its other idols. Islam would begin with the teachings of Muhammad: monotheism, support for the weak and the poor, and that Muhammad was allah’s prophet. Muhammad would be unaccepted by the people of Mecca because his teachings threatened their economy and he wanted to eliminate idol worship. Muhammad fled to Medina and began to create a following known as the Ulma and later developed into a political leader. Eventually, Muhammad would return and conquer the city of Mecca, establishing Islam and destroying everything but the Ka’ba.

The spread of the Islamic faith throughout the Middle East is through the presence of these Muslim cities. As discussed in Document 4, the establishment of Medina contributed to the spread of Islam. This was where it started. Muhammad and his followers fled to Medina when the ruling class of Mecca started to persecute them. There, Muhammad was able to help the people accept the Islamic faith which helped the overall spread of Islam. Muslim cities are scatted throughout the Middle East (Document 9). The location of these holy cities allowed for a proper diffusion of the faith and is significant because, without these establishments, the spread of Islam would have come to an abrupt halt. Muslim cities are the driving force in the diffusion of Islam, and because of them, the Islamic faith has grown to become a worldwide leader in religious affairs.

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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.

Much of past civilizations have endured many failures and triumphs throughout their existence. In the third century, there were many civilizations that started to flourish. One of these civilizations that started to expand was the Byzantine civilization. The Byzantine civilization, also regarded as Byzantium, was part of the Roman Empire which was divided in 395 AD. Byzantium had shared the same attitude, as the Roman Empire, toward exercising its authority over its citizens and throughout its empire. The Islamic civilization had started thrive in the fifth century. The Islamic civilization was unified together as unison by Islam and it has expanded its civilization throughout parts of Europe through jihad. Because of their expansions

The Islamic civilization spread to encompass such an extensive empire by using their resources and becoming a peaceful civilization with peaceful people.

In the 7th and 8th centuries, Islam spread from its beginnings in Arabia to cover the entire Middle East and parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe. As (Document 8) shows, by the year 750, Islam stretched from Eastern Persia in the Middle East, all the way to the westernmost edges of Spain and North Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Islam expanded so rapidly because of its techniques on conquering unstable areas and converting people to Islam, preventing setbacks and obstructions. Islam had three main reasons for its eminent prosperity. The way that Muslims treated the conquered people allowed for peace throughout the empire. Tolerance, combined with the military power, a disciplined army, and an overall appealing religion of Islam, provided the template that allowed the empire to expand to encompass an enormous amount of area.

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.

Islam is a major world religion. Its origin can be traced back to 610 CE in Arabia. The basis of this religion is the revelations to the prophet Mohammad. Dissatisfied with his life, he traveled to deserts, hills, and the wilderness surrounding Mecca, where he lived, to meditate and reflect. He became a new man through his revelations, which many of his followers believe Allah transmitted to him through his angel Gabriel. Islam was originally an Arab religion, but many different beliefs and practices were added to it, making it extremely popular and aiding in its rapid spread. This new religion spread to many different areas surrounding Arabia, both under Mohammad and after his death. The Muslim Empire grew to encompass Spain and

The Muslim prophet, Muhammad, was born in 570 in the city of Mecca. Muhammad lived a normal life just like any Muslim, until he began seeing visions believed to be inspired by Allah. Muhammad believed that since Allah has already revealed himself to Moses and Jesus, it was now his turn to receive the final revelations. After receiving them, Muhammad tried to convince his people that the revelations were true, but most thought he was insane and crazy, or that he would upset the social and political order of society. As a result, Muhammad and some of his followers left to the rival city of Yathrib in 622. Yathrib was later renamed Medina, which meant “city of prophet”, as he began to win support from the residents in Medina and on the surrounding country side. With these people, Muhammad formed the first Muslim community.

Mohammed was born in 570 AD in Mecca, Arabia. When he was a young boy, his parents died, and his uncle raised him as a trader and camel driver. He gained the reputation of an honest, hard-working man in his business. As a result, he provided services for a prominent upper-class entrepreneur. Eventually, he married a wealthy businesswoman. After his marriage, he spent his time thinking about philosophy, religion, and prayer. The people living in Mecca worshiped idols they had fashioned with their hands. He thought this approach to religion was futile. Christianity and the Jewish religion intrigued him because they worshiped one God. All his thoughts confused him. He spent more of his time alone meditating and praying that one of the gods would reveal the true religion to him. One day, when he was meditating in a cave, he saw a vision of the angel Gabriel. The angel told him that Allah, the god he had been looking for, had appointed him as a messenger to his people.

Muhammad returns to Mecca with a larger number of his followers. Prior to his arrival, in 628, Muhammad finally negotiated a truce with the Meccans. When he returned, most Meccans accepted Islam. The prophet cleared the idols and images out of the Kaaba and rededicated it to the worship of God alone or monotheism. With the conversion of the city of Mecca, the greater part of the Arabian world came under Muhammad's authority.

The Islamic faith was born on the Arabian Peninsula. In the sixth century the Arabian Peninsula was a place of refuge from two major apposing powers the Christian Byzantine kingdom and the Zoroastrain Persian Kingdom (Allen & Tooraw, 2011). During this time Mohammad Ibn Abadallah was born. When he was forty years old he had his first vision, proclaiming that Allah was the one true god and rejecting the idol worship of Mecca and thus began the Islamic faith (Allen & Tooraw, 2011).

Islam was founded by Muhammad in his birth town of Mecca. Upon gaining basic knowledge about Judaism and Christianity, Muhammad professed monotheism. In 610 A.D., Muhammad claimed to have had visions in which the angel Gabriel appeared and revealed to him the Qur’an . The Qur’an is Islam’s sacred text that contains verbatim the words of Allah (Arabic word for God). Muhammad gave merit to both Judaism and Christianity, but he believed that Islam was the fulfillment of true monotheism. In 622 A.D., Muhammad reveled his belief to Mecca, but it was not accepted, and he was expelled from the city. This event marked Islam the third monotheistic religion to be