HIST110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Avicenna, Almoravid Dynasty, Fatimid Caliphate
3 Mar 2015
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Shahada statement of faith (witness that mohammed is the prophet and those words are god"s words) Zakat purification + alms giving (give to the poor, giving to people that are less fortunate as you) Sawm fasting in ramadan (between sunrise and sunset, give you a sense of how it feels when you have no food) Angels (record your actions and will go against you on judgement day) Qu"ran (sacredness of the qu"ran, replaces all scripts) Judgement day (decide whether you go to heaven or hell) Mohammed did not force conquered people to convert. Between 622 and 632(his death), islamic spread through saudi arabia, yemen, gulf states. Next 30 years, captured/converted north africa, egypt, iraq and iran. 750ad, spread from india and pakistan to spain, then stopped by the franks(christian), powerful group and kicked out islamic people and jewish people. After mohammed"s death, succession went to caliph, keep fellowship together and loyal to.
