In the arabian Peninsula
Political Characteristics:
Caliphs were successors to the prophet with religious and political
power.
After killing Muhammad's grandson Husain, Islam split into: Shiites’ and Sunnis'
100 years after Muhammad’s death they controlled: Spain, Portugal, North of Africa, Palestine, Mesopotamia, the Arabian Peninsula and Western India
Economic Characteristics:
Taxes were the basis of the Islamic economy
Social Characteristics:
Men can marry only four women
Women’s role is merely reproductive
Cultural Characteristics:
Worshipped stones, they believe their gods live
Black Stone of the City of Mecca which contains 360 gods
Fridays people go to the mosques to pray
After his dead, Islam spread around and his thoughts were written into the Koran.
They developed the first chemical laboratories and were prestigious on the treatment of diseases
They had impressive architecture such as the Dome of the Rock.
Important Characters:
Muhammad
Sources:
Bamber, G (S.F) History World, MECCA.
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