Mecca

Spread? Of all the world's major five religions, Islam is a fascinating religion, I have ever learned about. According to the holy texts of Muslims, in 610 CE a local merchant named Muhammad retreated to a cave on the outskirts of the city of Mecca in Arabia to meditate. In that cave, he meditated where the archangel Gabriel appeared and gave Muhammad words to recite. Breathtaking words from Gabriel told him to create a religion called Islam. In about 140 years, Muhammad created an empire…

started near the Sea of Galilee and spread to Jerusalem then to the Jews of Judea then it was established in Roman and around the mediterranean and in Asia Minor and Greece. Islam spread in different areas mainly because of Muhammad, islam started in Mecca and spread to medina because of the…

religion Islam spread so quickly because of trade. The first reason that trade had such an impact on the Islamic religion because Mecca was one of the main trading routes for land and by sea as well(Doc A). Another reason that trade was such a big influence on Islam is because the military campaigns caused the religion to change as they crossed the middle east( Doc C). Also Mecca was the site of Arabia’s holiest pagan shrine(Doc A). Islam also spread so quickly because of war. The reason…

are Sunni and Shiite. Islam followed the five Pillars of Islam which are reciting Islamic creed, confession of faith, at least one pilgrimage to Mecca which is they have to go for a month long without any food during or drink during the daylight time, give money to the poor, and do formal prayer five time everyday toward the direction of the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, Christianity was founded approximately around 30 AD in the city of Palestine Israel. Their major…

early teachings, but became wide spread in the city of Yathrib. The war between Mecca and Islam clearly demonstrated that the followers of Islam were in such high via the teachings of people like Muhammad that they ere able to storm and capture Mecca. Early experiences of Islam followers were successful in maintain peace through military power due to an increasing large amount of followers. After the war in Mecca, Islamic people thrived and would only further increase in size and…

time period: “I have a Dream” in 1963 and “Letter from Mecca” in 1964. Malcolm X in his devoted speech he talks about his experience in Mecca, which he saw many positive things. Martin Luther King's speeches empowered people lives because in his speech he called for an end to racism in the United States. Mr. King and Malcolm had the same views on racism, however they have different opinions on other things such as beliefs. “Letter from Mecca” and “I have a dream” speech have similarities and…

riotous path. True believers of the Muslim faith follow the five pillars which guide them to pray five times a day, fasting, share their wealth, make the journey to visit Mecca and, declaring their faith. They felt if they followed these guidelines they would be prosperous. In the reading about Ibn Battuta and his travels to Mecca…

Christianity, and Zoroastrianism. In 613 Muhammad was preaching his faith. He focused on three themes:Allah was the God, the rich shouldn’t share with the poor, and that men would have a final judgement before Allah. Muslims call Muhammad’s flight from Mecca the hegira and in their calendar it’s the same day as the day Jesus Christ was born. In the cities that followed the Muslim religion they would have a mosque that would usually be at the highest point of the town.…

above. The Five Pillars are each described in some part of the Qur’an and were already practiced during the Muhammad’s lifetime. The Five Pillars of Islam are the Profession of Faith, The Five Daily Prayers, Almsgiving, Fasting and Pilgrimage to Mecca. Some of these practices had precedents in Jewish, Christian, and the other Middle Eastern religious traditions, that taken together they distinguish Islamic religious practices from those of other religious. The first Five Pillars is The…

animals eat the vegetation while they set up camp. Eventually, towns sprang up around oases, based off of farming and trade. These towns became trading centers, where people bartered and bought goods. Many of the biggest towns in ancient Arabia, like Mecca, were based around an oasis. Arabia…