Chapter 9 Islam
Chris Parkin
HST
Andrews
The story of Islam and its coming to be I find extroardinarily interesting. Muhhamad as a child was an orphan who was raised by his uncle. This placed him low in social status. During this time the people living in the areas of Mecca and Medina lived in tribes some smaller than the others. Muhammads uncle was a trader and so Muhammad also became a trader as he grew up. His Wife was actually a rich widow whom was a client of his. Once muhammad had his first vision he became convinced that it was a message from god. He would later have several more visions. Muhammad wanted to spread the word of the one true god and turn the people away from their polytheistic views. He also wanted to stop the blood fueds between the clans. Later Muhammad was ejected and persecuted by the meccan people. He went to medina where he and his new religion were welcomed with open arms. Muhammad would later wage war on the city of mecca and this war went on until finally he won and was able to convert both cities to Islam. It was his goals to make Islam the religion of the desert people. He even rid the Kaba of all polytheistic deitys and it became the central point for the entire islamic world. To this day people face the Kaba to pray several times of day. Once Islam had had united the peoples of the deseert they became an unstopable force in their conquests. They conquered spain, africa, The persians, the byzantines and searched for any and all trade routes and profitable agricultural areas. Muhammad even after his death had sucessfully taken an area of hostil and warring nomadic peoples and turned them into a centralized military.
HST
Andrews
The story of Islam and its coming to be I find extroardinarily interesting. Muhhamad as a child was an orphan who was raised by his uncle. This placed him low in social status. During this time the people living in the areas of Mecca and Medina lived in tribes some smaller than the others. Muhammads uncle was a trader and so Muhammad also became a trader as he grew up. His Wife was actually a rich widow whom was a client of his. Once muhammad had his first vision he became convinced that it was a message from god. He would later have several more visions. Muhammad wanted to spread the word of the one true god and turn the people away from their polytheistic views. He also wanted to stop the blood fueds between the clans. Later Muhammad was ejected and persecuted by the meccan people. He went to medina where he and his new religion were welcomed with open arms. Muhammad would later wage war on the city of mecca and this war went on until finally he won and was able to convert both cities to Islam. It was his goals to make Islam the religion of the desert people. He even rid the Kaba of all polytheistic deitys and it became the central point for the entire islamic world. To this day people face the Kaba to pray several times of day. Once Islam had had united the peoples of the deseert they became an unstopable force in their conquests. They conquered spain, africa, The persians, the byzantines and searched for any and all trade routes and profitable agricultural areas. Muhammad even after his death had sucessfully taken an area of hostil and warring nomadic peoples and turned them into a centralized military.
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