FIve Pillars of Islam
- Statment of Faith
- Daily Prayer
- Yearly donation to charity
- Fasting
- The Hajj
- The Sunnah had set examples of teachings and actions
- Jihad was the inner struggle of people take to obey God
- There will be an end One day and God shall grantg people life in Paradise, a garden.
- Shariah had judged laws to say if they were accepted, disapproved or even banned
Muhammad was born in a very impotant family in Mecca, in the year 570. Muhammads life wasn't easy at all because his father died before he had been born and his mother shortly after. Raised by his grandfather and then his uncle Muhhammad was sad, but lucky to have someone. Traveling with his uncle in the caravan business all around Mecca. After Muhammad had grown he manged the caravan business and married the women who ownded it at the age 25. Muhammad had started to meditate and pray on the Outside of the city. One day Muhammad was meditating in a cave and then an angel had apeared in front of him and speaking to him. Muhamad was to afraid to tell anybody and only told his wife at first. Muhammad had recieved messages from God making him a prophet and had created the religion called Islam. The followers of islam were called Muslims. The Muslims had recorded these messages In something called the Qur'an. Muhammads teachings were a lot similiar to christianity's and Judiasim's teachings. The teachings brought many diffrent changes in Arabia and peoples life styles. One major rule in Islam is Belief in only one God or monotheism. Islam, Chrisrtianity, and Judiasm have many of the same prophets from the Bible.Muhammad had also tought that If you had believed in Allah would make rich and poor become equal to each other. One other teaching from Muhammad is that people should give money to the poor to help them out.
- Nomads were people who traveled across Mecca for trade they raised Camels, Goats and sheep.
- Mecca had markets called Souks they would trade leather, herbs, gold, and spices.
- Mecca's physical features is made up of sand dunes and oasises which were very rare to find because of the extremely hot climate.
- Trade was very easy in Mecca becuase it was located in the middle of three continents; Africa, Asia and Euorope.
