What group was responsible for the slaughter of the male descendants of the Umayyad Dynasty?
What is...Abbasids.
100
What was the initial response of the Umayyads to Muhammad's new faith?
What is...they regarded him as a threat to their wealth and power as he questioned the traditional gods of the Kaba.
100
What was the office of the political and religious successor of Muhammad called?
What is...Caliph.
100
What was the Umayyad attitude to other religions?
What is...the Umayyads displayed tolerance towards the religious of dhimmi peoples.
100
The desire to _______ new populations to Islam was NOT a reason for the early expansion of Islam beyond ______.
Fill in the Blanks.
What is...convert; Arabia.
200
What were the Arabic camel nomads referred to as?
What is...bedouin.
200
What was the date of Muhammad's flight to Medina from Mecca?
What is...622 C.E.
200
Why did the Arab warriors not want to convert large numbers of people to Islam?
What is...they would have had to share their booty and would have lost tax revenues.
200
What culture of the Arabian Peninsula was most significant in the development of Islam?
What is...Bedouin.
200
What clan was responsible for the foundation of Mecca?
What is...Umayyad.
300
What were the leaders of bedouin clans called?
What is...shaykhs.
300
What was the Umayyad response to Muhammad's migration to Medina and subsequent success there?
What is...war broke out between Mecca and Medina resulting in the eventual victory of Muhammad and the Medina clans.
300
What was the political and theological faction within Islam that recognized only Ali and the descendants of the family of Muhammad as rightful rulers called?
What is...Shi'a.
300
________ was not a component of bedouin society.
Fill in the Blank.
What is...artisans.
300
What was the Kaba?
What is...the religious shrine that was the focus of an annual trade.
400
What was the major difference between Medina and Mecca?
What is...political dominance in Medina was contested between a number of Jewish and bedouin tribes.
400
What happened after Muhammad's death in 632 regarding Islam?
What is...many of the bedouin tribes renounced Islam.
400
Under the Umayyads, the political center of Islam shifted to...
What is...Damascus.
400
What was the status of women in bedouin society prior to Islam?
What is...they enjoyed greater freedom and higher status than Byzantine and Sassanian women.
400
When did Muhammad receive the first revelations that were eventually written down in the Quran?
What is...610 C.E.
500
What was the nature of pre-Islamic bedouin religion?
What is...it was a blend of animism and polytheism.
500
What were the wars to defeat rival prophets and restore the unity of Islam called?
What is...Ridda.
500
What is the term for non-Arab Muslim converts?
What is...mawali.
500
A confession of ______ is among the "five pillars" of Islam.
Fill in the Blank.
What is...faith.
500
What was the principle advantage of the Islamic concept of umma?
What is...it transcended old tribal boundaries and made possible political unity among Arab clans.