GCU 114 Study Guide - Totalitarianism, Toleration, The Strongest
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An upheaval of everything once known, this time period wiped many tiles off the board and implanted chaotic super-forces the world had never known before. This marked the beginning of the connective tissue wrapping around the eurasian world. A new religion related to judaism and christianity took hold in the middle east. It was monotheistic, and based on the idea that allah (god) told his will to mohammad, whose followers recorded the words into the qu"ran. Muslims abide by the five pillars of islam. This religion is very popular in the region even today, and it was continuously a significant part of world history. He was the founder, a prosperous merchant from mecca (note that islam has many laws that are beneficial to merchants, ex. Islamic merchants cannot cheat you, thus increasing islamic merchant business and attracting followers). He experienced a vision supposedly from gabriel, the divine messenger, delivering the word of allah.
