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• What do they tell you about Islam and the lands and the peoples of the Arabian peninsula?

Big Ideas About Early IslamBelief Systems People adopt new beliefs that give meaning to life.

The Arabian peninsula in Southwest Asia was an important trading region in the 500s. A religious leader named Muhammad was born there in the city of Mecca. He brought the message of the religion of Islam to the Arab peoples and created an empire that would spread throughout the region during his lifetime.

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c. 570

▲ Muhammad is born.(Qur’an)

597

▲ St. Augustine brings Christianity

to Britain.

565Byzantine emperor

Justinian dies.

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ARABIAN

PENINSULA

C a u c a s u sM t s .Constantinople

Merv

Mecca

Alexandria

Rome

Jerusalem

Medina

Tigris River

Euphrates River

Nile

Rive

r

Danube River

Cyprus

Sicily

Crete

B l a c k S e a

Red

Sea

AralSea

Persian Gulf

A r a b i a n

S e a

M ed i t e r r a n e a n S e a

CaspianSea

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Tropic of Cancer

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0 250 500 kilometers

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Muslim lands underMuhammad to 632

Muslim lands addedunder the Caliphs by 661

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S

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632Abu Bakr becomes caliph after Muhammad’s death.(Abu Bakr’s name in Arabic)

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618Tang Dynasty begins 289-year rule in China.(Tang camel sculpture)

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630Muhammad returns to

Mecca after making the Hijrah to Medina.

610Muhammad starts to spread Islam.

646The emperor becomes the sole ruler of Japan for the first time.

661Islam splits into factions.

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