https://padlet.com/jweng20/5xj7rpnti08q A brief description of Islamic history en-us 2018-03-16 15:46:49 UTC 2025-11-25 19:24:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png jweng20 https://padlet.com/jweng20/5xj7rpnti08q/wish/242886647 -Born in about 570 CE to a respectable family in Mecca
-Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina in 622 CE
-Muhammad was sent to recover Islam - the unaltered original monotheistic faith of the Prophets
-He is considered to be the last Messenger and Prophet of God in all the main branches of Islam
-He is seen and the possessor of all virtues
-Muslims believe that the Quran-the center religious text of Islam- was revealed to Muhammad by God
 ]]> 2018-03-16 15:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jweng20/5xj7rpnti08q/wish/242886647 jweng20 https://padlet.com/jweng20/5xj7rpnti08q/wish/242893300 - Islam, the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith that claims there is only one God and that Muhammad is the messenger of God.
-The word "Islam" means "submission to the will of God.
-Muslims believe that the Sunnah(a religious text) is the practical example of the Prophet Muhammad
-Muslims believe that there are 5 Basic Pillars of Islam
-The pillars are a 
declaration of faith, praying five times a day, donating to charity, pilgrimage to Mecca, and fasting]]> 2018-03-16 16:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jweng20/5xj7rpnti08q/wish/242893300 jweng20 https://padlet.com/jweng20/5xj7rpnti08q/wish/242896455 -The most prominent Islamic empire is the Ottoman Empire from 1299-1922
- The Ottoman Empire became the most powerful state in the world between the 16th and 17th century 
-the first Ottomans were Turkish soldiers called ghaziz, they had come with other Turks to escape the Mongols
-In 1300, a ghazi leader named Osman led a great success against the Byzantines. Soon after, his followers became known as Ottomans
-The greatest Ottoman Sultan was Suleyman who ruled from 1520 to 1566. His rule was the apex of Ottoman power and he brought the empire to its height of dominance and prosperity

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-Many Muslim cities had observatories where people could study the sun, moon, and stars.
-This study of astronomy helped scientists to better understand time and clockmaking.
-Muslim scientists also improved the astrolabe, which the Greeks had invented to chart the position of the stars. Arab scholars used the astrolabe to figure out their location on Earth.
-As people learned to use the stars to calculate time and location, they were able to draw accurate maps

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