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Describe the historical origins of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. Explain how the beliefs and practices of Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam spread. Trace the changes and adaptations believers made in world religions because of diverse cultural circumstances. Analyze how believers in Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam interacted with, provided justification for, and conflicted with various states and empires in Afro-Eurasia.
 * Next Day: How have religions spread/changed**
 * Goals:**


 * Do Now:** Why do you think people might might have changed from the religion they grew up with?

1. What are the conditions for converting from one faith to another (being exposed to different ideas, evaluating potential advantages and disadvantages of conversion, and so on)?

2. What influences might play a role in a decision to convert (social, political, or economic)?

3. Is it more challenging for individuals to join a faith when it appears to be a minority faith or when its members form the majority?

4. How do poverty and persecution of members of the faith, or, conversely, the wealth and power of adherents affect individual choice about conversion?

5. How might people across a wide geographic area learn about the beliefs of a faith?

6. What role might spiritual leaders play?

7. What other role models, such as traders, travelers, and teachers might influence people in converting?


 * Today's Activities**

1. Read pp 18-22 of the [|following document on the rise of Islam] Answer the questions at the bottom of the page (review questions first)

2. Read through the timeline of events on pp23-24 of the document above and pay special attention to advances and setbacks in the spread of Islam.

3. Using what you have learned from the timeline, you will work with a partner to create post-it notes on your given time period (7th, 8th, 9th, 10-12th, 13-14th, or 15th century). Each post-it should have: summaries about events that helped to spread Islam and Islamic rule or led to the retreat of Islam and Islamic rule with corresponding dates. When you are finished creating the post-its, you will stick them on the map in front in the location where each event took place.

Make a map key on or next to the map using the six color sticky-notes.

- What patterns do you see in the sequence of the spread of Islam and Muslim rule from the seventh century to about 1500 CE?

4. Read pp26-32 in the above document and answer the questions on p32.

Wrap Up: Review the questions that you answered in the beginning of class. How have your views on the spread of religion changed in terms of the conditions that led to the spread of Islam specificially?

1. Locate important cities in Muslim regions during the period before 1000 CE
 * Next Day:**
 * Today's Objectives:**

2. Evaluate the growth of cities as a factor in the expansion of Muslim rule and spread of Islam

3. Assess the impact of urbanization in Muslim regions on change in Afroeurasia

4. Identify social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the impact of Islam in Afroeurasia.

[|Document on the Rise of Islam]


 * Today's Activities:**

1. Look at the above document pp 36-39 and pay special attention to the statements about the cumulative impact of the spread of Islam and its political, economic, and cultural dominance in Afroeurasia during the period from 632-1000 CE and beyond.

Read the excerpts that the historians have written and make notes about how the following things impacted the spread of Islam: urbanization, growth of trade, migration, spread of knowledge, language, law, technology and governence

Compare with other societies and periods in world history.

2. Look at the map on p 38, which depicts trade routes in Afroeurasia.

-In what ways does this map express what the historians (K. N. Chaudhuri and Andrew Watson) describe in their excerpts? Compare this map with the maps on pp 40-42, which show the growth of cities in the Mediterranean region.

-Locate and name five major cities that existed in 528 CE. How many more cities are shown on the next map for 737 CE?

-Which of these cities are within Muslim-ruled territory?

-On the map for the year 1000 CE, how many cities are within Muslim-ruled territory, and how many new ones have been added?

-What are some factors that might account for cities being founded, becoming much bigger, declining, or disappearing?

3. **Why did Muslims know the rules of the road and the laws of the sea?** • Make a list of where their clothing, shoes, and accessories were

manufactured.

• Mark the origin of the clothing on a world map.

• Draw lines from the manufacturing centers to where they bought the item.

• Discuss the extent of the interconnected trade network today.

How do we know where Muslim traders were making/selling goods? Look for Islamic symbols on money created all over the world: Countries with Islamic symbols on their money: Almoravids (Spain), Fatimids (Egypt), Delhi Sultanate (India), Bela III of Hungary (1173-96), Seljuqs of Rum (Turkey), Rasulids of Yemen, Khwarizmshahs (Iran/Afghanistan), Saffarids of Seistan (Iran), Ildegizids of Azerbaijan, Normans of Sicily

• Why did coins issued by Muslim rulers during most of the period from 1000 to 1250 only have Arabic writing on them?
 * Discussion questions**

• What advantage might readers of Arabic have in the trading zone encompassed by the coins?

• What kind of conclusions can you draw about the extent of Muslim rulers' influence on trade?

Which statement do you agree with more: 1. Trade influenced the rise of Islam in Afroeurasia. 2. The rise of Islam influenced the extent of Trade in Afroeurasia.
 * Exit Slip:** Read pp 46-49 on the factors that led to the spread of the rise of Islam and organize a response to the following question based on your reading and what you have learned in class:

Final discussion: In what ways did the spread of Islam facilitate contacts and communication among far-flung groups of people? Why might individuals who share a religion prefer to do business with one another rather than with people of another religion?


 * Next Day:** Christian Empires