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Muhammad was told by Gabriel the angel at Mount Hira that there is one god named Allah. It was in 610 CE that he received this message.Muhammad was told by Gabriel the angel that there is one god and he is named Allah. He then told his wife and cousins these words. The the words kept flowing out of his mouth as he spread this. The leaders of Mecca then kicked him out of the city because they wanted to keep the pagans for the economy. Then as he left he then faced Mecca saying that Islam was different

that the Umayyad caliphs showed considerable favoritism to those of pure Arab descent, and they also squandered much of the empire’s money for their own selfish reasons. The only outlet for Islamic people seemed to be to create a new system of governing the empire of Islam, which is exactly what the Abbasid dynasty offered. Using Persian-like bureaucratic administration the Abbasid dynasty sought to perfect the empire that they had inherited from their predecessors. The Abbasid caliphs built capital

In Islam this was different. The caliphs were still considered somewhat priestly, because the first 4 were directly related to Muhammed but after that point they were more used for military purposes. The caliphs whole goal was to spread the religion of Islam by conquest. This in and of itself is directly related to military purposes. The caliphs were very good at their purpose too. Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in history

Upon the death of the Prophet, Abu Bakr, the friend of the Prophet and the first adult male to embrace Islam, became caliph. Abu Bakr ruled for two years to be succeeded by 'Umar who was caliph for a decade and during whose rule Islam spread extensively east and west conquering the Persian empire, Syria and Egypt. It was 'Umar who marched on foot at the end of the Muslim army into Jerusalem and ordered the protection of Christian sites. 'Umar also established the first public treasury and a sophisticated

the Muslim community righteously. They thought that 'Ali, Muhammad 's closest surviving blood male relative, should be their next leader (caliph). The other faction, the Sunnis, believed that the Prophet 's successor should be determined by consensus and successively elected three of his most trusted companions, commonly referred to as the Rightly Guided Caliphs (Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman), as leaders of the Muslim community; 'Ali succeeded them as the fourth caliph.Today the Islamic community

Another advancement of the Tang Dynasty was its arrangement of building up tributary states. Albeit prior Chinese lines gathered tribute, the practice turned out to be more mind boggling and institutionalized under the Tang. The Chinese tributary framework depended on their conviction that Chinese human advancement was better than others, yet savage and non-Chinese individuals could have admittance to Chinese ways giving they formally perceived the matchless quality of China and paid tribute to the

Religion had a large effect on violence that broke out within the two empires. Within Islam, two sects reigned supreme. The Sunni and the Shiite. The Sunni believe that Muhammad's bloodline is not the rightful heir to becoming a caliph. Sunni believe that the next Caliph should be voted upon by the Islamic people based on merit. The Shiite believe that Muhammad's bloodline should reign supreme and the Caliphates should only follow lineage. This diametrical opposition directed the Sunni and Shiite

expansion of other religious, and the movement of the centralized power. Umayyads Abbasids Christians and Jews Baghdad The Main Questions: Why did the Shi’a oppose the rule of the Umayyads? How did the Muslims under the rightly guided caliphs treat conquered peoples? What tied the Abbasid caliphate and the independent Muslim states together? Why would a single currency and Language be an advantage to trade? Why were Muslims successful conquerors? Primary Sources/Images: Muslim World

Helen Santos April 7, 2016 History 110A-Section 04 MWF 11:00AM Chapter 14: A New Society: The Expansive Realm of Islam Chapter 14 in the book Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective of the Past by Herrry H. Bentley and Herbert F. Ziegler is mainly about Muhammad, the prophet, and his world, the expansion of Islam, economy and society of the early Islamic world, and its values and cultural exchanges. This chapter begins with the Muhammad and the message he brings. It all began in the Arabian

Although Muhammad was famous for many things he was mostly famous for starting the religion of Islam and building an empire in Arabia. He was so successful because he worked hard and achieved great things. Muhammad’s birth took place around 570 C.E. in Makkah. where at very young age when his dad died and his mom (from a poorer clan) gave him to a nomad family. He soon returned to his hometown and spent a very little time with his mom. His mom died when he was about five or six and he became an