Click here to make a copy of the Google Doc and use your textbook to answer the questions by the end of class (be sure to share it back to me!). You are free to work with your classmates but everyone must share their own assignment with me.
For homework, your assignment is to read pages 248-258 on the origins and spread of Islam. Look out for the following as you read and take notes:
- What was life like on the Arabian Peninsula before Muhammad and Islam? (pg. 248)
- Who was Muhammad? Know his story and how Islam was founded. (pgs. 249-251)
- What do the terms Muslim, Islam, and Umma mean? (pg. 250)
- What is the significance of Muhammad's journey to Medina and his return to Mecca? (pgs. 250-251)
- Know about the issues that arose after Muhammad's death and the eventual split between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims. (pgs. 251-252)
- Know the Five Pillars of Islam. (pg. 251)
- What is a caliphate? (pg. 251)
- What is important to World History about the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates? (pgs. 251-253)
- Who were the Mamluks? (pg. 254)
- Who were the Ulama? (pg. 256)