Who was Muhammad, and why is he so important to the Islamic tradition?

Check the file I had uploaded for instruction A. Answer any two of the following questions. This should be a short paragraph (at least a hundred words) for each question (50 points)

1. Who was Muhammad, and why is he so important to the Islamic tradition? How is Muhammad similar to or different from other prophets? 2. Discuss the problems that Christians have traditionally experienced in assessing Muhammad 3. How did the geographical, social, economic, and religious environment of pagan Arabia foster the evolution of Islam? 4. Analyze the difficulties experienced by Muhammad in making his message acceptable to his contemporaries. 5. Assess the balance between Muhammad the prophet and Muhammad the statesman in Mecca and Medina.