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IMPORTANT

PERIOD SETTING EVENT SPECIAL TERMS CAUSES CONSEQUENCES


PEOPLE
Bedouins (industrious, loyal,
Kaaba/Ka’ba- house Jahiliyyah
generous, polytheistic)
of their 360 deities; “period of ignorance
forged a trading route from
Bedouins- made by Ybrahim and Pre-Islamic Arabia:
present-day Yemen to
6-7th northern tribe Ishmael characterized by
Arabian Peninsula Makka/Mecca and became
Century Quraysh- Sheik/Shaykh- group selfishness, self-
wealthy and prosperous.
southern tribe of elders heading the centeredness,
Their prosperity lead to self-
Bedouins greediness, and
centeredness, selfishness,
polytheism
and greediness
Muhammad Birth of Muhammad. He
Banu Hashim Khadija- becomes orphaned at a
570 AD Clan(Quraysh Muhammad’s 1st young age and is raised by
tribe) wife, widowed, Bedouins. He later works for
15 years older Khadija then marries her.
Al Israa & Al Miraj-
Muhammed’s long
spiritual journey Qu’ran- “The Recitatio
Muhammad sees a startling
Buraq- wind monster Reveals the laws of Al’
vision of Allah through Jibril
who carried him Mohammed now have
leading him to recite/preach
Muhammad during the journey memorize, recite, an
words of Al’lah. Why did Al’lah have to
Al’lah Wudu- the washing teach the Qu’ran wor
He journeys spiritually from retell the bible?
Jibril/Gabriel- before praying per word, not allowed
610 AD Meccah Mecca to Jerusalem(farthest Revelation has been
Angel Qiblah- direction translate from origina
mosque) to heaven and corrupted/altered from
messenger of facing Mecca, language: 700 AD Ara
back to Mecca in one night. translations and etc.
Allah direction of paying *Instructions given t
He was clothe with red in
Ramadan- celebration Mohammad are radic
heaven and saw Moses and
of the start of the and his influence
Jesus.
Islamic calendar expands*
Hajjie- Moslems who
had visited Mecca
610 AD Present-day Muhammad Mohammad and his Hegira/Hijra- the fly Leaders of the Bedouins Formation of Ummah:
Yattrib Bedouins followers runs from Mecca from Mecca to (Sheiks) and Quraysh community of
(Medinah) Quraysh to present-day Medinah tribe feels threatened Mohammad’s believer
Yattrib(Medinah) -marks the start of with Mohammad’s Consequences of
the Islamic calendar growing influence and Ummah:
1. Unification of people
regardless of tribe: n
longer identified by tri
but by belief system
1 Anno Hegirae- 1st
started persecuting his 2. Consolidation of
year “1 year after
groupof followers Mohammad’s authorit
Hejira”
both as a spiritual lead
and a political leader
(military head and
strategist)

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