ISLAM. Nomadic Bedouin ??? Zamzam Ka’ba Quraysh.

13ISLAM

Nomadic Bedouin

MECCA

??? Zamzam Ka’ba

Quraysh

MUHAMMAD

Merchant

Revelations Allah

ISLAM

Quran – holy book

UMMA

Community Legal/social code

Prophets “God” Final, complete revl.

5 Pillars

EXPANSION

Empire

Caliph

Culture

TRADE

Markets Camel Land, sea

WOMEN

Patriarchal

Veiling, escorts

8th century 1001 Nights Baghdad

HARUN AL-RASHID

Science, medicine 900-1100 “Golden Age”

Greek, Indian Avicenna

Canon

Math, hospitals

SCIENCE

ARCHITECTURE

Missionaries Personal, emotional

SUFIS

India S.E. Asia

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