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Do Now . Take the next 15 minutes to work on this review sheet. Label the map and answer the questions on Muhammad. You may use your notes. Spread of Islam. Islam Unit. How does Islam spread?. Spreads mainly along trade routes (Fertile Crescent, Iran, and Central Asia).

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  1. Do Now Take the next 15 minutes to work on this review sheet. Label the map and answer the questions on Muhammad. You may use your notes.

  2. Spread of Islam Islam Unit

  3. How does Islam spread? • Spreads mainly along trade routes (Fertile Crescent, Iran, and Central Asia). • 3 other factors helped spread: 1. Weakness of Persian and Byzantine Empires 2. Political unity of Muslims 3. Use of Arabic by all Muslims http://www.sakkal.com/instrctn/Arabic_Numerals.html

  4. Not an Overnight Process • After 3 years, Muhammad probably had 30 followers. • By the time he died, there were nearly 100,000 followers!

  5. So How Does It Spread? • “People were willing to accept the Muslims because they were fed up with the previous rulers.” • What rulers? • The Byzantines! • What religion are they? • Are they tolerant of others? Reynard, Joh. In the Footsteps of Muhammad: Understanding the Islamic Experience.

  6. So What Was Their Trick? • The Muslims are more tolerant of other beliefs. • They enforced that the people spoke Arabic, but allowed them to serve in the government. • They were rich and allowed people to learn whatever they wanted. • This allows them to expand over great distances, through deserts, mountains, and other geographical obstacles.

  7. Muslim Expansion http://www.morainevalley.edu/ctl/MiddleEast/images/Map_Early%20Islamic%20Expansion.jpg

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