HIST 1001 Chapter : Isalm 1
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Mohammed: background to 615 ad, 7th century figure, born 575 ad, mecca city of birth, arabic city (semitic people, prosperous city at this time. Ships from arabian sea would stop and unload goods here. From meccas goods went by caravan up to. Syria, palestine: trading center, primary religion was paganism animism (holy rocks and trees) One wil do right and see that right prevails. One will not do wrong and see that wrong does not prevail. Mohammed wins: area surrounded by tribes people. Mecca now needs to defeat him: war with mecca 624-630 ad, seizes mecca and establishes a state. Islam is state religion immediately: victory over mecca 630 ad, success in mecca, issuance of laws: makes islam more like judaism than like christianity, pilgrimage to mecca 632 ad, people still pilgrimage to worship pagan gods. Don"t ban this act turn it into muslim thing: death 633 ad.
