Islam/Byzantine Flashcards
Popular trade stop and shrine to gods and goddesses
Mecca
Byzantine empire populated by
Bedouin traders
Muhammad was born in
540 CE
Muhammad was mad about what? Where did he go? Who did he see?
Idolatry, a cave , and angel Gabriel
Belief that forces of nature are connected to a specific deity
Anamism
Jesus in Arabic
Isu
Gabriel called Mohammed to do what
Embrace Allah the one true god and preach his message
Mohammed’s first covenant
His wife Khadija
When did Muhammad flee to Medina? To do what?
In 622 and he was on a journey called Hijra
What happened in 630
Muhammad returns in triumph
632
Muhammad dies
Holy text of Islam
Quran
5 pillars
1 Declare there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet
2 daily prayer 5 times a day facing Mecca
3 giving charity to the poor
4 fasting during the month of Ramadon
5 go on a pilgrimage once in your life to Mecca (Hajj)
Sharia
Muslim law using the Quran as its guide
Abu Bakr
Elected Caliph after Muhammad dies