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A Brief History of Islam
Summary: A review of the development of Islam as a major world religion.
There are three great western religions that through history have globally expanded throughout the world. One of those western religions is Islam. Islam was first introduced and developed on the Arabian Peninsula. Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, is a monotheistic religion. Islam means "submission" to one god. The followers of Islam are known as Muslims.
One primary leader of Islam is a man named Muhammad.
When an economy began to develop in the Arabian Peninsula and the city of Mecca played a major role in the prosperous economy. However, the prosperous economy mainly benefited rulers, who profited from the economy. There was still a large group of Arabic people, who made a living by farming, herding, and trading, but these people were not prosperous, in fact, many of these people were quite poor. The disputes between the rich and the poor is one of the explanations of the...
This section contains 715 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |