The Early Middle Ages

Welcome T1
We start with 2 chapters about islam and the crusades, 4.5 and 5.2
quiz on these 2 chapter on friday 21 May


This lesson:
short video about islam
what do you know
explanation + note about the rise/start of Islam, chapter 4.5 (islam in Europe
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Welcome T1
We start with 2 chapters about islam and the crusades, 4.5 and 5.2
quiz on these 2 chapter on friday 21 May


This lesson:
short video about islam
what do you know
explanation + note about the rise/start of Islam, chapter 4.5 (islam in Europe

Slide 1 - Diapositive

What do you know of the Islam?

Slide 2 - Carte mentale

Slide 3 - Vidéo

Goals
The student can explain how Islam was founded:
  • The role of Muhammad
  • Why Muhammad had to flee Mecca
  • The beginning of the Islamic calendar
  • The role of the caliph
  • Where in the world Islam was the main religion in the 7th and 8th century
The student can explain how Christians and Jewish people were treated in Islamic territories.


Slide 4 - Diapositive

The Arab empire
  • In the 6th century, the Arabs believed in many gods
  • In Mecca, you had the Ka'aba: the centre of religious life. The Arabs worshipped their gods here. 
  • Mecca was located on a crossroad of trade routes. It was an important trading city. 
  • Many people, including merchants, travelled to Mecca to visit the Ka'aba and pray to their gods. 

Slide 5 - Diapositive

A vision
  • Muhammad was a merchant from Mecca
  • In a dream, a vision/revelation, an angel told him there was just one god: Allah. People that get messages from God are called a prophet
  • Muhammad told people in Mecca about his dream, but the managers of the Ka'aba were afraid that the rise of this new religion would be a threat to their wealth -> pilgrims would stop coming if you could only worship one god at the Ka'aba. 
  • Result = Muhammad had to flee from the city. He went to Medina in 622 (Hijrah). This is the beginning of the Islamic calendar. 

Slide 6 - Diapositive


In what year do we live according to the Islamic calendar? 
A
2640
B
1442
C
622
D
1854

Slide 7 - Quiz

Back to Mecca 
  • With a big group of his followers (Muslims), Mohammed returned to Mecca in 630. They were successful and seized the city. 
  • Many citizens in Mecca became Muslims
  • The statues at the Ka'aba were removed. Only Allah was allowed to be worshipped in Mecca. 
  • Muhammad's revelations are recorded in the Quran 

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Relation with Jewish and Christian people
In the newly conquered territories lived Jews and Christians. What happened to them when their land was conquered by the Arabs?

Positive:
  • Jewish and Christians were allowed to keep practising their own religions
Negative:
  • They had to pay taxes to the Muslim leaders
  • They were not allowed to carry weapons
  • They were not allowed to marry a Muslim woman
  • They were not allowed to carry out certain jobs

Slide 10 - Diapositive

Wat hoort bij welk geloof?
christendom
islam
beide
Muhammed
Monotheism
Church
Mosque
Mecca
Bible
Jezus
Quran

Slide 11 - Question de remorquage

Learning from each other
  • Through their conquests, the Arabs collected a lot of information. 
  • Medicine and health: the Arabs learned you can prevent a lot of illnesses with good hygiene
  • Mathematics: the Arabs learned that with the numbers 0 - 9, calculations are much easier than with Roman numerals 
  • Geography: Arab scholars collected and combined knowledge of the world and made better maps. 

Slide 12 - Diapositive

5.3 Monks and Missionaries 

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Slide 14 - Vidéo

Slide 15 - Vidéo

5.5 Feudalism and the Manorial system

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