Islam

The Rise of Islam

Students will study the achievements in medicine, science, mathematics and geography by the Islamic civilization that dominated most of the Mediterranean after the decline of the Roman Empire. These achievements were introduced into Western Europe as a result of the Muslim conquests, Crusades and trade, influencing the European Renaissance.

Big Idea: Belief systems influence people, cultures, and governments.

Essential Questions: How does the climate shape society in the Arabian Peninsula? How do the beliefs and practices of Islam shape Muslim society? How did the environment affect the development and expansion of the Persian Empire, Muslim empires, and cities? What impact did this expansion have on the environment? How did Islam develop and change over time? How did Islam spread to multiple cultures?

Rise of Islam standards:

- Impact of geography on development of societies in this area
  - Standard 7.2.1. - Identify the physical features and describe the climate of the Arabian peninsula, its relationship to surrounding bodies of land and water, and nomadic and sedentary ways of life.
- Life of Muhammad and the creation of Islam
  - Standard 7.2.2 - Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, including Islamic teachings on the connection with Judaism and Christianity.
- Key parts of Islam and the Qur’an
  - Standard 7.2.3 - Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their influence in Muslims’ daily life.
- Achievements of medieval Islamic societies
  - Standard 7.2.5 - Describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions that traveled along these routes (e.g., spices, textiles, paper, steel, new crops), and the role of merchants in Arab society
  - Standard 7.2.6 - Understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa and the contributions Muslim scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.

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