Strayer World History Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Chapter Outline
The following annotated chapter outline will help you review the major topics covered in this chapter.
Instructions: Review the outline to recall events and their relationships as presented in the chapter. Return to skim any sections that seem unfamiliar.
I. Opening Vignette
A. By the start of the twenty-first century, Islam had acquired a significant presence in the United States . 1. more than 1,200 mosques 2. about 8 million Muslims (some 2 million are African Americans)
B. The second half of the twentieth century saw the growing international influence of Islam.
C. Islam had already been prominent in the world between 600 and 1600. 1. encompassed parts of Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Asia 2. enormously significant in world history 3. creation of a new and innovative civilization 4. was the largest and most influential of the third-wave civilizations 5. Islam’s reach generated major cultural encounters
D. In the year 2000, there were perhaps 1.2 billion Muslims in the world (22 percent of the world’s population). II. The Birth of a New Religion
A. The Homeland of Islam 1. unlike most religious/cultural traditions, Islam emerged from a marginal region 2. Arabian Peninsula as home of nomadic Arabs (Bedouins) a. fiercely independent clans and tribes b. variety of gods 3. Arabia also had sedentary, agricultural areas 4. Arabia lay on important East–West trade routes a. Mecca became important as a trade center b. the Kaaba was the most prominent religious shrine c. the Quraysh tribe controlled local trade and pilgrimage 5. Arabia was on the edge of the Byzantine and Sassanid empires a. so Arabs knew some practices of these empires b. Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism had spread among Arabs
B. The Messenger and the Message 1. the prophet of Islam was Muhammad Ibn
The following annotated chapter outline will help you review the major topics covered in this chapter.
Instructions: Review the outline to recall events and their relationships as presented in the chapter. Return to skim any sections that seem unfamiliar.
I. Opening Vignette
A. By the start of the twenty-first century, Islam had acquired a significant presence in the United States . 1. more than 1,200 mosques 2. about 8 million Muslims (some 2 million are African Americans)
B. The second half of the twentieth century saw the growing international influence of Islam.
C. Islam had already been prominent in the world between 600 and 1600. 1. encompassed parts of Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Asia 2. enormously significant in world history 3. creation of a new and innovative civilization 4. was the largest and most influential of the third-wave civilizations 5. Islam’s reach generated major cultural encounters
D. In the year 2000, there were perhaps 1.2 billion Muslims in the world (22 percent of the world’s population). II. The Birth of a New Religion
A. The Homeland of Islam 1. unlike most religious/cultural traditions, Islam emerged from a marginal region 2. Arabian Peninsula as home of nomadic Arabs (Bedouins) a. fiercely independent clans and tribes b. variety of gods 3. Arabia also had sedentary, agricultural areas 4. Arabia lay on important East–West trade routes a. Mecca became important as a trade center b. the Kaaba was the most prominent religious shrine c. the Quraysh tribe controlled local trade and pilgrimage 5. Arabia was on the edge of the Byzantine and Sassanid empires a. so Arabs knew some practices of these empires b. Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism had spread among Arabs
B. The Messenger and the Message 1. the prophet of Islam was Muhammad Ibn