POSC304 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Arabian Desert, Western Religions, Wet Nurse

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POSC304
• Professor: Kendrick Manny

Document Summary

Abraham is asked by god to sacrifice his first son and this is seen as a sacrifice to god to test his loyalty. Tragedy and loneliness is a common theme in western religion. Al- kaba is the house of god built by abraham and ishmael to worship the one god: used to be a place to worship many different idols. Thought to be born on a monday on the twelfth night of rabi al-awwal in. Father died while his mother was pregnant. His name came to his mother in a vision and his birth was easy. Muhammad was given to a wet nurse by the name of halimah and lived in the arabian desert in a nomadic tribe: these hardships were a trial by god. When his mother died when he was six he was orphaned and poor and became closer to god: why he never ignored the helpless and poor later on.