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Questions:
1. What was the religious makeup of the Arabian peninsula before Muhammad?
2. What made the pre-Islamic Mecca a special place?
3. What did Muhammad believe his mission to be?
4. What was the umma and what was its foundation?
5. What characteristics of Islam helped its rapid spread?
6. How did Muhammad expand his influence beyond Medina?
7. What factors contributed to Arab military success?
8. What forces challenged the continuation of the Islamic unity?
9. Why does Damascus become the center of the Islamic world?
10. What causes the shift from Damascus to Baghdad?
11. How did Islamic law differ from Roman law?
12. How tolerant were Islamic communities towards nonbelievers?