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Thomas Hughes Islam Religion was started by Muhammad; an Arab prophet When he started to have revelations from Allah Abu Bakr helped spread Islam after Muhammad’s death Believers in Islam are called Muslims Quran is essentially the bible for Islam Muhammad first got revelations in Mecca, then he was persecuted and fled to Medina in 622 Muhammad’s followers also fled with him to Medina His followers were referred to as his Umma Followers of Islam are supposed to recognize one creator (Allah) who rewards or punishes believers after they die on how the lived their lives Muhammad’s Umma took back Mecca Muhammad dies in 632 and Abu Bakr takes the helm at Caliph The official established succession of leader after Muhammad was called the caliphate Abu Bakr created the five pillars of Islam 1. Avowal that there is only one god and that Muhammad is his messenger 2. Prayer five times a day 3. Fasting during the lunar month of Ramadan 4. Paying Alms 5. Making the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during your life Islam spread well in cities early on Women were supposed to be concealed and confined Post Muhammad Islam was split into two categories the Sunnis and the Shiites Shiites; branch of Islam that followed Muhammad’s son in law Ali Sunnis; branch of Islam that believed that the community should select their own leadership Umayyad Caliphate: First hereditary Muslim dynasty ruled form 661 to 750 Abbasid Caliphate; Descendants of Muhammad’s uncle (al-Abbas) they overthrew the Umayyad and ruled from Bagdhad until 1258 Mamluks: Soldiers that fought for the Abbasids that had Turkish descent Ulama; Muslim relisgious scholars that typically interpreted law and spread knowledge Hadith and Quran were the bases for Islamic law Madrasas were Islamic religious colleges Spread of Islam Timbuktu was an Islamic center of learning The Delhi Sultanate, Mali and the Ottoman Empire were all religiously Islamic Islam spread more through southern Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries due to the Ottoman slave trade Bornu was an example of this and they became Islam The Iberian Peninsula was Islamic until it was Spain and Portugal began the reconquest of Iberia in the 13th century