Lesson 4: Split

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Lesson 4: Split and Golden Age

Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo

Program

1. Welcome!

2. Split: Shia and Sunni

3. Great philosophers from the Islamic Golden Age

4. Assignment

Homework: Finish reading page 100-101 and do question 1-5

Finish your research about the Islamic Golden Age

Split

Death Muhammad 632 CE

Community led by: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali (rulers known as caliphs)

Islamic Empire was known as the Caliphate

Sunni & Shia: disagreement about succession

Shia muslims believe Ali was the righteous successor

Ali's son Hussein after, and his descendants

Holy Shrine of Hussein in Karbala (Iraq)

Work!

Assignment:

In pairs. Find information about the people mentioned at the end of the video: Ibn Arabi, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Razi, Al-Farabi and Averroes, Al-Khwarizmi (Pick at least 2)

What did they contribute to: Medicine, Mathematics, Astronomy, Culture & Literature?

Finish:

Read page 100-101

Do question 1-5

01:21

Who was Abu Bakr?

01:33

Who was Ali to Muhmmad?

02:41

Who overthrew the Umayyad rule?

04:07

Why did the Mongols counter little resistance?