Outline
I. Pre-Islamic Arabia
II. Muhammad and his message
III.  Muhammad and the conquest of Arabia
IV.  The spread of Islam
V.  Muhammad and Charlemagne
 

Terms from today's class
Philip the Arab (244-249)
Sassanid
Byzantine (Constantinople)
Bahrain
Yemen
Bedouin
sheikh
patriarch
haram
Mecca
Ka'bah
Muhammad
Khadijah
Gabriel
monotheism
Qur'an/Koran
Muhammadan
Five Pillars of Islam
Ramadan
Medina
Hijra/Hegira
jihad
caliph
Abu Bakr (r. 632-634)
Charles Martel
Henri Pirenne
feudalism
"economy of no outlets"
vassals
Tunisia
Pisa
Genoa
Provence
Marseilles
Vandals
Vassal
Lord
Benefices
Charles Martel
Carolingians
Tours
Duke
Pope Gregory III (r. 731-741)
Pippin (714-768)
Pope Zacharais (741-752)
Merovingian
Holy Roman Empire