Mohammed:

Parents died when he was a child and was brought up by uncle and grandfather
He worked as a Trader with his Uncle where he learnt to drive camels along trade route of Arabia and the tribe he belonged to were merchants
Would travel to the East and back between Mecca and Baghdad
Grew up as a respected trader
Worked for a widow called Kadijah who asked him to marry her because he impressed her with his work ethic and success he accepted
he went for a desert walk and in a cave in Mt Hira heard a voice of the angel Gabriel, it said to him "there is only one God, Allah, and you are his prophet"
He then became scared because people in his tribe worshipped many Gods
People wanted Mohammed dead after his wife had died
Escaped to Yathrib 300 km away where he was welcomed
Yathrib changed its name to honour him, they changed it to Medina and the year he escaped became the first year of the Muslim calendar

Mohammed was Believed and Conquered Arabia and in 630 he lead an army from Medina to mecca and with a small fight converted Mecca

	Created by bellaeve almost 11 years ago

8 History (Islam) Note on Mohammed, created by bellaeve on 05/04/2013.

Mohammed