Muhammad founded Islam in the 7th century C.E and he became a prophet after the angel Gabriel came to him during meditation. At the age of 40 Gabriel told him that he would be God’s prophet. At first only a few people listened to his teachings in Mecca, so he went to Medina with his followers in 622.C.E, and from this point it expanded. Between 600.C.E. and 1450.C.E. in Islam and the Middle East, there were some cultural and economic effects. An economic effect was the emergence of trade routes. A cultural effect was the increasing repression of women. Another cultural effect was the rise of education.
Trading played an important role in the spread of Islam in several parts of the world, especially Southeast Asia. These trade routes were both by sea and over long stretches of land including the Silk Road. The four important communities that were established along trade routes were, Muslim communities in the Indian Ocean region, Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, Sogdian communities in Central Asia, and Jewish communities in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean Basin, and Silk Roads. Muslim merchants, pilgrims, and missionaries traded over the Silk Road, thye would trade silk and cotton textile, spices, porcelain, metals and gems, slaves and exotic animals and would trade with China, Middle …show more content…
Muhammad wrote a book called Hadith, which has negative views about women. If a woman was supposed to open the door, she would have to stick her finger in her mouth, so whoever knocked on the door, could not hear her real voice. Women had to wear veils, so men did not know what they actually looked like. The Quran changed how women were seen and recognized, as honorable and equal to men, and the practice of veiling women created a symbol of male authority in the Islamic community. Women were treated differently because of some of the laws in Islam from the Hadith. The increasing repression of
Trading played an important role in the spread of Islam in several parts of the world, especially Southeast Asia. These trade routes were both by sea and over long stretches of land including the Silk Road. The four important communities that were established along trade routes were, Muslim communities in the Indian Ocean region, Chinese communities in Southeast Asia, Sogdian communities in Central Asia, and Jewish communities in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean Basin, and Silk Roads. Muslim merchants, pilgrims, and missionaries traded over the Silk Road, thye would trade silk and cotton textile, spices, porcelain, metals and gems, slaves and exotic animals and would trade with China, Middle …show more content…
Muhammad wrote a book called Hadith, which has negative views about women. If a woman was supposed to open the door, she would have to stick her finger in her mouth, so whoever knocked on the door, could not hear her real voice. Women had to wear veils, so men did not know what they actually looked like. The Quran changed how women were seen and recognized, as honorable and equal to men, and the practice of veiling women created a symbol of male authority in the Islamic community. Women were treated differently because of some of the laws in Islam from the Hadith. The increasing repression of