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Hi, I'm Miss Mia.
Thank you so much for joining me in this lesson.
Let's get started.
In this lesson, you'll be able to describe the reasons for the early success of Islam in the mid 7th century CE.
Your key words are on the screen now, and I'd like you to repeat them after me.
Medina.
Arabian.
Truce.
Pilgrimage.
Super.
Let's find out what these words mean.
Medina.
Medina is a city in Saudi Arabia and the second holiest city to Muslims after Mecca.
Arabian.
Arabic-speaking people who lived on the Arabian Peninsula were known as Arabian.
Truce.
A truce is an agreement between enemies to stop fighting for a certain time.
And lastly, pilgrimage.
A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place.
Super.
Let's move on.
This lesson is all about the early success of Islam.
We have four lesson cycles today, and our first lesson cycle is to do with the Constitution of Medina.
We're then gonna be looking at Muhammad, peace be upon him and his return to Mecca.
After that, we will look at Mecca and Ka'ba.
And lastly, we're gonna look at Islam spread to the Byzantine and Persian empires.
This looks like a super fun lesson.
Let's get started.
So we have the map of Arabian Peninsula here.
The prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his followers decided to migrate from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.
This journey is known as the Hijra.
The prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was welcomed into the city of Medina because he brought hope and peace.
Over to you.
Muhammad, peace be upon him and his followers migrated from Mecca to which city in 622 CE.
Is it A, Baghdad, B, Medina, or C Jeddah? What do you think? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answer.
So what did you get? If you got B, Medina, you are correct.
Muhammad, peace be me upon him and his followers migrated to Medina.
So on the left, we can see an illustration of warring tribes of Southern Arabia.
For more than a century, the Southern Arabian tribes of Medina had been at war with each other.
The Arabian tribes wanted to end the fighting, and so they asked Muhammad, peace be upon him to help them find a fair way to put an end to the violence.
To do this, Muhammad, peace upon him created the Constitution of Medina.
It's united the Arabian tribes through the religion of Islam, so they could live together peacefully under the leadership of the Muslims. Over to you.
Which two of the following statements about the Constitution of Medina are true? Is it A, it was created by Muhammad, peace be upon him.
B, it brought peace to Mecca.
C, it stopped the Arabian tribes in Medina fighting.
D, it created a war between the Arabian tribes.
What do you think? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answers.
So what did you get? If you got A and C, you are correct.
So the Constitution of Medina was created by Muhammad, peace be upon him, and ultimately, it stopped the Arabian tribes in Medina fighting.
Well done if you got that correct.
Let's move on.
Task A.
I'd like you to read Aisha's statement below.
Do you agree with it? Aisha says, early Islamic civilization started in Medina.
Write one or two sentences to explain your reasoning.
A good explanation would include the following, the Hijra, the Constitution of Medina.
You can pause the video here and click play when you've written your statement.
So what did you get? Your answer might have included something like this.
I agree with Aisha.
Muhammad, peace be upon him and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina, a journey known as the Hijra, where he helped the warring, where he helped the warring Southern Arabian tribes make peace with each other.
He created the Constitution of Medina, which tried to unite the tribes through the religion of Islam, creating an early Islamic civilization.
Well done if you've got something along the lines of that.
Fantastic.
Let's move on.
Lesson cycle two.
Muhammad, peace be upon him returns to Mecca.
Here, we have an illustration of a meeting of the Meccan leaders.
The city leaders of Mecca did not agree with the message of Islam, which led to fighting between them and the Muslims. On the left, we have a map of the Arabian Peninsula.
At Badr in 624 CE, the Muslims of Medina won a battle against the army of Mecca.
They believed they was because Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala was with them.
True or false? The victory at the battle of Badr helps spread Islam in Arabia.
Is this true or is this false? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answer to the first part.
So what did you get? If you got true, that's correct.
Now, can you justify why? You can pause the video again and click play when you've got the answer.
So what did you get? Well, it was seen as a sign that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala was on the side of the Muslim army.
On the left, we have a photo of truce handshake.
In 628 CE, a 10-year long truce was agreed between the leaders of Mecca and Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Over to you.
Help Izzy to complete her sentence.
An agreement between enemies to stop fighting for a certain time is known as a.
You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answer.
Did you get truce? Well done.
Let's move on.
The truce was broken when soldiers from Mecca attacked a Muslim camp.
So here, we have a photo of an Arabian soldier.
On the left, we have an illustration of the city of Mecca.
Muhammad, peace be upon him and the Medina Muslims took control of Mecca peacefully.
Back to you.
The truce between the leaders of Mecca and the Medina Muslims ended.
Is this true or is this false? You can pause the video here, and once you've got the answer, click play.
So what did you get? If you got true, well done.
Why do you think this is? You can pause the video again.
So what did you get? Well, soldiers from Mecca attacked a Muslim camp.
So the truce came to an end.
Task B, answer the following questions about how Muhammad, peace be upon him peacefully took control of Mecca.
One, the leaders of which city did not agree with the teachings of Islam.
Two, why did the Muslim army believe they had won the battle of Badr against the Meccans? Three, how was the truce between the Meccans and Muslims of Medina broken? You can pause the video here to complete this task and click play when you're ready to rejoin us.
So how did it go? Well, your answers might look something like this.
One, the leaders of Mecca did not agree with the teachings of Islam.
Two, the Muslim army believed that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala was on their side to win the battle of Badr.
Three, the truce between the Meccans and the Muslims of Medina was broken when soldiers from Mecca attacked a Muslim camp.
Well done if you've got those correct.
Fantastic.
Let's move on.
This is lesson cycle three, Mecca and the Ka'ba.
The Ka'ba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca.
So here we can see an illustration of the Ka'ba in Mecca.
Muslims believe that it was by the prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael for the worship of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Over to you.
Where is the Ka'ba? Is it A, Medina, B, Baghdad, or C, Mecca? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answer.
So what did you get? If you got C, Mecca, you are correct.
The Ka'ba is in Mecca.
Muhammad, peace be upon him declared the Ka'ba the most sacred site in Islam and a place of Muslim pilgrimage.
Here we have a photo of the Ka'ba in Mecca.
All Muslims are expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetimes.
Over to you.
Which two statements about the Ka'ba are true? Is it A, it is the most sacred site in Islam? B, it is in Medina.
C, it is a pilgrimage site from Muslims. Or D, it is not a sacred place for Muslims. What do you think? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answers.
So what did you get? A and C are correct.
So the Ka'ba is the most sacred site in Islam and it is a pilgrimage site from Muslims. Well done if you got those correct.
Let's move on.
Task C, I'd like you to add labels to the photo about the Ka'ba.
You could include details about the the shape, the city, the pilgrimages.
You can pause the video here and click play once you're ready to rejoin us.
So how did that go? Your answers might have included something like this.
The Ka'ba is a cube-shaped building.
The Ka'ba is in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
The Ka'ba is the most sacred site in Islam and a place for Muslim pilgrimages.
Super.
Let's move on to our last lesson cycle for this lesson.
Islam spreads to the Byzantine and Persian empires.
Let's get started.
The Byzantine and Persian empires were northeast and northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.
The Byzantine and Persian empires have been at war with each other for a very long time.
This has made their armies weak.
So here, we have an illustration of the Byzantine-Persian War of 602 to 628.
True or false.
The armies of the Byzantine and Persian empires were strong.
Is this true or is this false? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answer.
What did you get? If you got false, well done.
Why do you think this is? You can pause the video again and click play when you've got the answer.
So what did you get? Well, their armies had been weakened by decades of fighting.
Muhammad, peace be upon him sent Muslim armies to take control of the Byzantine and Persian empires.
So here we have an illustration of a Muslim army pursuing fleeing Byzantines.
Back to you.
The Arab Muslim armies quickly took over areas in which two empires? Is it A, ancient Roman empire? B, Byzantine Empire.
Or C, Persian empire.
What do you think? You can pause the video here and click play when you've got the answer.
So what did you get? If you got B and C, you are correct.
So the Arab Muslim armies took over the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire.
Well done if you got that correct.
Let's move on.
Task D, I'd like you to write one or two sentences for each of the following events to explain how it contributed to the early success of Islam.
So the events that you're gonna pick from are the Constitution of Medina, the conquest of Mecca, or the war against the Byzantine and Persian Empire.
You can pause the video here and click play when you've completed the task.
So how did that go? So your answer may have included something like this.
If you pick the Constitution of Medina, you may have written, the Constitution of Medina attempted to unite the warring Arabian tribes under the banner of Islam.
This put the leadership of the city in the hands of the Muslims. The conquest of Mecca.
After Muhammad, peace be upon him conquered Mecca, he declared it a place of Muslim pilgrimage, which means that all Muslims are expected to journey to Mecca at least once in their lifetimes.
Here, Muslims from around the world recognize the early success of Muhammad and Islam.
The Ka'ba is located in Mecca and is the most sacred site in Islam.
War against the Byzantine and Persian empires.
Muhammad, peace be upon him knew that the Byzantine and Persian empires had been at war with each other for decades, which had weakened both of them.
He sent Muslim armies to take over land in these empires that once belonged to the Byzantine and Persians.
Well done if you managed to include something along those lines.
We're now gonna summarize our learning.
So this lesson was about the early success of Islam.
You now understand that from Medina, Muhammad, peace be upon him tried to unite the Southern Arabian tribes through the religion of Islam.
Following successful attacks against his enemies from Mecca, a 10-year truce was called and the forces of Islam grew.
Mecca was established as the religious center of Islam.
The Ka'ba becoming a focus for pilgrimage and prayer.
Muhammad, peace be upon him sent the Muslim armies to exploit the Byzantine and Persian empires weakened by fighting one another.
Thank you so much for joining me in this lesson.
I hope you really enjoyed it.
Bye.
