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| Byzantine-Sasanid Conflict |
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| These two waring nations had weakened themselves and alienated their people. Making it easy for the Islam to take over |
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| Arabian overland rout, Mecca key stop on rout |
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| 1400 Years of Monarchy in Yemen |
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| "Merchant Republic" - Tribal Chieftains ruled Mecca as oligarchy |
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| Bedouin is the term for nomadic pastoralists; sheep, goats, camels |
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| Life is short and tough, what is yours today is not yours tomorrow. We do what we must to survive. |
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| Elected cheif at the head of the counsel “the first among equals” chosen for being generous |
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| a keen sense of tribal politics and justice, worldly savvy-ness, |
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| nature spirits; sky, wind, certain sites (can be good or evil) |
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114 suras first compiled in mid-7th century
• important source of info about prophet
• has 114 so called revelations
• represent all the actual words that the Angel Gabriel had Muhammad recite |
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| Gabriel's words to Muhammad |
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| Traditions or sayings attributed to Muhammad |
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| Muhammad orphaned as a child, was part of this clan |
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| Muhammad's badass older wife |
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| where Muhammad first saw Gabriel |
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| messenger of Alla to Muhummmad |
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