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What is Islam?   media type="file" key="Rise_of_Islam2.mp3" width="240" height="20" **Rise and Spread of Islam** While we have studied Islam as a religion, we know want to know how this religion spread from its origins in the Middle East across Africa and parts of southern Europe (Spain), to other parts of the world. Here are some background notes on the origins of Islam: [|Islam]

After Muhammad's death, Islam will continue to grow across the Middle East: [|The Arab Empire]

An interactive map showing how Islam spread across the Middle East and the Mediterranean after the death of Muhammad. [|The Expansion of Islam]

Choose one question from the following: 1. What are the central beliefs of Islam and why did differences in beliefs develop within the Muslim community? 2. What factors allowed Islam to spread widely, from western Asia to Spain? 3. What advances were made during Islam's 'Golden Age' and how have these advances had a lasting impact?

How did Muslim Minds change the world?

In groups you will produce 10 minute presentations on the contributions Medieval Muslim Scholars made in different areas of knowledge. You need to produce the following * A 10 min group presentation * A powerpoint as a visual aid * A bibliography * A handout of the most significant developments, people and events you find in your area. This must be NO MORE than 2 sides of A4 paper.

You need to focus your analysis on the following questions - What were the key ideas or accepted beliefs in that area of knowledge and were there any particularly significant individuals? - How did islamic religious beliefs influence developments in that area of knowledge? (Did they help or hinder?) - Were ideas or progress in that area significantly different to those in other civilisations? - What lasting contributions or developments were made in that area? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Tip - find out what a polymath is

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources to get you started.....


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sources that provide an overview or information for every topic. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Muslim Contributions to Science]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Introduction to all topics]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Museum of Science & Technology in Islam]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Overview of Polymaths and all areas of knowledge]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Philosophy **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Britannica Muslim Philosophy]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Routledge Encylopedia of Philosophy]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Muslim Philosophy]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mathematics **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Story of Mathematics]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Britannica: Muslim contributions to Algebra]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|BBC Invention of Algebra]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Astronomy **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|StarTeach Astronomy]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Met Museum Medieval Astronomy]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Islamic Astronomy for Kids]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Geography **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Article by the Geographic association]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Muslim Times Article]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Science & Technology **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Overview from Saudi Aramco]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Guardian Article on Scientific advances]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Scientific Journal Article]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Medicine **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Scientific Journal Article]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Medical News Article]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|National Museum of Medicine]

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Royal College of Physicians]