MUHAMMAD

The Great prophet By: Vikram Sambharya P.3

BASIC INFORMATION- MUHAMMAD’S LIFE Born in 570 CE in Mecca located in

Middle East Became an Orphan and was taken care

of by his uncle He became a merchant and got

married in Mecca While being exposed to monotheistic

ideas, Muhammad was not happy with material life

MUHAMMAD’S STORY

An angle tells Muhammad that he is a profit, and soon enough he starts to gather followers. Under threat from the Umayyad clan Muhammad flees to Medina. This is the journey that Muslims will take each year called hijra. After attacks and battles, Muhammad got Arabs to convert to Islam. This was the beginning of a great world religion created in the post-classical period

THEME: UNITY & CONSOLIDATION

The previous story relates to many other cultures around the world in the classical and post-classical eras.

Major world religions like Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism consolidated many smaller groups Ex. In India Hinduism acted as glue and

kept the society together and united all people in India who were Hindus

UNITY & CONSOLIDATION CONT.

In the Middle East, Islam gave people a common religion which soon lead to the Umayyad and Abbasid eras

Muhammad’s religion is an example of unity and consolidation

THEME: UNITY & CONSOLIDATIONCOMPARISON

Islam WorldBedouin tribes convert to Islam

In western Europe, during middle ages, the pope and Church had power over everyone

One common God, Qur’an, and 5 pillars are standard for all Muslims

In Hinduism, the caste system made society a cohesive unit

Islam gave way to an advanced centralized empire

The Byzantine empire was strongly centralized with its world class capital in Constantinople

ThemesConsolidation

Unity

Centralization

The theme that was created by Muhammad in Islam is present in many places around the globe. These three themes are also present in the spread of Islam to Africa and Southeast Asia