D7 Discussion Assignment DUE ASAP!!

Rise of Islam

Please answer at least 4 of 8 the following questions on Islam, then respond to 1-2 other students.

Feel free to look outside the book for these. 

1-What does Islam and Muslim mean?

2-Importance of Mecca and Medina?

What is the Hijrah?

What is the Hajj—what does it represent?  

3-The Qur'an-what is its importance to Muslims? (do not just say it is Islam's Bible)

4-What are some similarities and differences among Islam, Christianity and Judaism?

5-Five Pillars, define and explain each.

6-Sunni and Shia split—how, over what issues?

7-What does Jihad mean? How is it related to Razzia?

8-What do Dar al-Islam, and Dar al-Harb mean?

Pt. II

Byzantine and the West during  c500-800s

Pick 2 things off the outlines about the Byzantine Empire that you would like to discuss below.

Western Europe

What is the significance of Charlemagne to the west? Also pick 2 things from the outline that you would like to discuss.