Rise and Role of
Dar al-Islam
Dr. Afxendiou
AP World History 9
Sachem North High School
What is Dar al-Islam?
Rise of Islam
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Muhammad
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Timeline:
• 610 Angel Gabriel
• 622 flight to Yathrib (Medina) – hijra (hegira)
(marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar)
• preaches religion there (line of prophets)
• Qur’an
• Community of believers – Muslims
629 – pilgrimage to Mecca
630 – conquers Mecca
632 – Muhammad dies – no successor
650 – Qur’an finished
Beliefs
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5 pillars
equal before god
What was there about Islam that
allowed a pastoral nomadic society
to achieve a global civilization?
What was there about Islam that allowed a
pastoral nomadic society to achieve a global
civilization?
Unified, channeled aggressive culture
 Everyone should be converted to the
faith – not applied beyond conquest
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What else made expansion possible?
*disciplined armies
*weakness of surrounding empires
(Byzantine and Persian)
Role of Islam
• Islam as global power
• cover sheet questions #2 and 3
1. What was there about Islam that allowed a
pastoral nomadic society to achieve a global
civilization?
2. In what sense did Islam achieve global status
by 850?
• Islam as global culture - trade
unites world
Umayyad v. Abbasid
How was the Abbasid Empire different
from the Umayyad Empire?