HIST 3830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quraysh, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate
12 Jan 2017
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Pre-islam: prowess in battle and generosity/hospitality to strangers, lineage were all important things to elevate somebody into leadership in the tribal societies at the time, mecca, taif and medina were caravan stops pre-islamic world. Surrounded by the byzantine empire to the west the sassanid empire to the east. Both were monotheistic (zoroastrianism & christianity: islam would become influenced by zoroastrianism and christianity, quraysh tribe: settles in mecca. Mecca is the site of the pilgrimage but during this period (pre-islam), the. Kaaba was filled with pagan idols because people were predominantly pagan at the time. Born into this was mohammed who began to have prophetic visions when he was forty years old. The messages he allegedly received from god from the angel. Gabriel were circulated to his family and small community, memorized by those around him and compiled into writing following his death. Part of his message was that he was rectifying what jews and.
