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Warm Up. 1. Copy HW 2. Please grab a white workbook and put your name on the binding in pen/marker 3. Please tear out page 49 and make it page 21 of your SS notebook 4. Return your white notebook to the shelf 5. Be ready for a video in 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!.
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Warm Up • 1. Copy HW • 2. Please grab a white workbook and put your name on the binding in pen/marker • 3. Please tear out page 49 and make it page 21 of your SS notebook • 4. Return your white notebook to the shelf • 5. Be ready for a video in 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!
Essential Questions • How does religion impact social and political institutions? • What happens when people of different cultures interact with one another?
Please answer the 3 bullet points on page 21 of your notebook. • Small checker 2. Most-Middle East and North Africa Least- Latin (South) America 3. Middle East, because it has the highest percentage of followers there
Daily Life in Early Arabia • Desert • Oasis-green area w/ water • People organized in tribes w/ a Sheikh as their leader • Bedouins-desert herders • Caravans-group of traveling merchants and animals
Geography • Makkah (Mecca)-largest and richest town/ center of Islam Ka’bah-built by Ibrahim (Abraham). It is stated in the Qur'an that this was the first house that was built for humanity to worship Allah (God).
Muhammad • Prophet of Islam • Born 570 AD • 610 AD angel visits him in the hills and said-”surrender to the will of Allah” and worship only Allah
Allah • Islamic God • Live a good life and when the “judgment day” arrives God will reward you • Quran-holy book of Islam
Muhammad’s Social Message • All people were equal • Became popular among the poor of Arabia
A Controversial Message… • People should be held accountable for their actions • Good actions = rewards • Evil actions = punishment • Who might have a problem with this message?
Closure • Please answer the following essential question… • How did the introduction of Islam impact the people of Mecca? • Make it page 23, don’t forget your name, and hand it in before you leave
Warm-up • COPY HW • Please take out your notes from yesterday –page 22 in your notebook
Opposition to Islam and Muhammad • The wealthy thought Muhammad was a threat taking…their power and giving away their wealth • Muslims were persecuted in Mecca
Hijrah • “breaking of relationships”-622 C.E. Year 1 of the Muslim calendar • They left for Yathrib/Medina-where he started an Islamic State-combination of church and state
Mosque Islamic house of worship
Return to Mecca: 630 C.E. • After several years of fighting Muhammad and his followers, with help of many Bedouin tribes capture the city of Mecca
How did Muhammad treat his enemies? • Fairly • What impact do you think this had on the future of the Islamic religion? • It showed Allah was merciful and caused more people to join…
Closure • Imagine you lived in Mecca at the time Muhammad started sharing the ideas of Islam. • Please write a letter to a friend in Jerusalem that includes the following… • The basic teachings of Muhammad • The mood/reaction of the people around town • Your personal thoughts on the future of Mecca/Islam