DESCRIBE MUHAMMAD’S EARLY LIFE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM

THE EARLY LIFE OF MUHAMMAD

• His parents died when he was 6.
• His first wife was Khadija, a wealthy widow.
• At the age of 30, he became a merchant.

HIS DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM

• His preachings brought many people together.
• His preachings got him and his followers persecuted.
• He created the 5 pillars based on his experiences.
• He influenced the Quran, which was the living text.
• He organized his followers into Umma.

STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS OF ISLAM

• There was confusion about the next successor.
• Muhammad forces elites to covert to Islam.
• They destroyed shrines and replaced them with mosques.
• He left a political organization that was entirely around him.