Key learning points

1. Information can be gathered from a range of different sources.
2. The Prophet Muhammad was the founding prophet of Islam.
3. Early Islamic civilisation emerged in the 7th century CE.
4. Early Islamic civilisation had and still has a profound effect on many areas of society across the world.
5. Understanding the chronology of a time period enables us to understand it in greater depth.

Keywords

• Islam - a world religion which is followed by Muslims

• Early Islamic civilisation - a period of time in Islam’s history, which spans from 570 CE to 1258 CE

• Chronology - the arrangement of events or dates in the order in which they happened

• Islamic Golden Age - a time period when Islam and the Islamic Empire grew rapidly

• Baghdad - a city established during early Islamic civilisation, which became a centre for learning and the hub of the Islamic Golden Age

Common misconception