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Preliminary question
Do you think that the history of Christian-
Muslim interaction down the centuries helps
or hinders todays relationship between the
two?

Spread of Christianity to 325 AD and 600 AD

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Phase 1: Surge & Consolidation

(610 to mid 11th Century)

Stages of Expansion of Islam under Muhammad,

Rightly Guided Caliphs, and Umayyads

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Crusader conquest of Jerusalem

1099

Phase 2: Decline & Resurgence

(11th-14th Centuries) (14th-18th Centuries)

The Mongols sack Baghdad 1258 The Fall of Islamic Spain

The Capitulation of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz

Ottoman Empire Under Suleiman the Magnificent

1453 - Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II

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Phase 3: Decline & Resurgence

(18th-20th Centuries) (late 20th Century)

Ottoman Empire in 1914

The Abolition of the Ottoman European Colonial Control in the

Caliphate Middle East

Abdulmecid II was the last Sunni Caliph of Islam from the Ottoman Dynasty

Features of Muslim Resurgence?

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Group discussion
Is Islam in resurgence in the 21st century? If
so, what are the signs of this resurgence?
How could the information in this lecture help
you in forming friendships with your Muslim
neighbours?

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