ISLAM HISTORY

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FACTS

• Followers are called Muslims
• There god is called Allah
• Scared book is the Quran
• They believe in the five pillars
• They are also monotheistic

FIVE PILLARS

• Faith
• Fasting
• Prayer
• Pilgrimage
• Charity

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MONOTHEISTIC

• Monotheism is the belief in only one god
• Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are also monotheistic

MAIN GEO FEATURE IS...

• The desert

LIFE IN THE DESERT

• Bedouins- nomads (no set place)
• Clans (safety in numbers)
• Clans fought to take each other's stuff

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KA'ABA

• It's the attraction to people
• Located in Mecca
• It's the house of worship

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PROPHET MUHAMMAD

• Born in Mecca
• Allah was revealed to him through an angle Gabriel

MECCA AND MEDINA

• Equals the Hijra
• The pillar pilgrimage comes from here

CALIPH

• Also known as succsser
• First caliph was Abu-Baker

SCHISM WITH ISLAM

• Sufi believed to turn away from everything except god
• Shia felt the caliph should be part of pbuh

PILGRIMAGE

• Was taken by prophet Muhammad
• Because he disliked it
• People of Islam still celebrate this

EXPAND

• Areas were ...
• Europe, Iran, parts or turkey, and parts of Europe