reached prosperity and they followed Muhammad's teachings and became Muslims.
2) The Ka'ba is an example of the connection between Muslims, Christians, and Jews because it contained idols and connected the shrine with stories that the Jews and Christians were also familiar with. Also, they all believed that Abraham was the builder of Ka'ba.
3) A Muslim is different from an Arab, is that a Muslim is one submits themselves to the will of God, while an Arab is a member of Semitic people, originally from the Arabian peninsula.
4) It is accurate to state that Mohammad shared similarities with Jesus Christ and Augustus Caesar. Mohammad shared similarities with Jesus Christ like both teaching and spreading the word of God. They both had many followers,
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So in order to do so, they had to submit to God.
6) To Muslims, Mecca was more important than Medina. This is because Muhammad, the teacher to Muslims, was born in Mecca. Also, Mecca assumed control of trade and quickly became successful, due to their geography which made attacks from other places difficult. Although Medina was the first city-state to have Islam as their main religion, Mecca became successful quickly and reached prosperity.
7) The umma and the caliphate were different, in that the umma was a group of people who accepted Islam and Muhammad. This meant that they believed that Muhammad was truly the "Messenger of God", which is what Muhammad stated. On the other hand, the caliphate which was an Islamic government that was led by a caliph. The caliph was a person who could also be called "successor", which is what people called Muhammad.
8) The followers of Islam considered the revelations of Muhammad "more perfect" because unlike the Bible, the revelations of Muhammad was not edited, and stayed the same from when it was first