The Abbasids and the Umayyads were the two dominant parties that came into power after Muhammad’s death. The Umayyads were the first dynasty to come to power and fell in 750 CE, and ruled for 89 years, and the Abbasids came into power after them. They ruled until 1258 CE. Similarities The Umayyads and the Abbasids may have had many differences but they were also similar in many ways. First, both the Ummayads and the Abbasids followed the Quran. They both tolerated Jews and Christians because they
a schedule. Learning how to be on a schedule helped him fit in his other tasks in his daily life. Once during the famine, William had to bike to Chamama, a city in Mawali which was 12 miles from his
moments of truth that change their lives. In “The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind” it demonstrates how one event can change everything. William experiences key moments throughout the story that have an effect on the whole story. Before the big cyclone hit Mawali, everything was fine with his wires connecting to the windmill making light. First, the thing that William did after the cyclone hit was check his wires and his lights in his room.
under their control. The Christians and Jews among them people of the book and practiced their religions freely, although they were required to pay a special tax called jizya. As well, great numbers of non-Arabs converted to Islam, and were called mawali, or clients of the original Arab conquerors. Works Cited http://explorethemed.com/RiseIslam.asp http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/the_rise_of_islam/ http://www.provethebible.net/T2-Hist/Islam-3-Pre-islamicArabia.htm http://www.oneworldmagazine
Islam first emerged in the Arabian Peninsula. The word Islam means “universal submission to God.” There were several reasons for the rapid and successful spread of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula. The first cause of the successful spread of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula was Muhammad's ability to inspire almost unlimited devotion in persons with whom he came in close contact. The second cause of the rapid spread of Islam was the shallowness and the inadequacy of the paganism of the Arabs, who indeed