Intro to Islam
This is know as the belief in one god?
Monotheism
Who is considered the final prophet and messenger of Allah?
Muhammad
What forced the Islamic world to elect a new leader?
Muhammad died
Asia, Africa, and Europe were connected through these trade routes crossing the Muslim Empire?
Silk Roads
Muslim women were expected to do this once they were married?
Submit to their husbands
Place of worship for Muslims?
Mosque
What motivated Muhammad to start trying to spread Islam at the age of 40?
He received a message (revelation) telling him he was the messenger of Allah
This was considered the leader/head of state for the Islamic Empire?
Caliph
These were referred to as "checks" by Europeans and a option for Muslim banking that allowed an exchanges with bills of credit for money at the bank.
sakks
This is the group qualified to be in the "Upper Class" of Islamic society?
Muslims from birth.
Annual pilgrimage made by Muslims to the holiest place in Islam?
hajj
What is the belief in more than one god?
Polytheism
This branch of Islam believed the first four caliphs to follow Muhammad to be "rightly guided"?
Sunni
The Umayyads moved the capital to this city during their reign?
Damascus
The "Second Class" in Islamic society included who?
Muslim Converts
What is the holiest city in Islam?
Mecca
Why was Muhammad initially kicked out of Mecca?
This family that ruled the Muslim empire for a time lived a wealthy lifestyle upsetting many Muslims?
Umayyads
One reason trade prospered in the Muslim Empire was because they spoke one language, which was?
Arabic
The "Third Class" in Islamic society included who? (Name two)
Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians
Considered to be the house of Allah and Muslims are required to pray to it 5 times a day?
The Ka'aba
What did Muhammad do once he returned to Mecca?
Destroyed all the idols at the Ka'aba
The Abbasid's ruled the Muslim Empire for close to 500 years and during that time moved the capital to this city?
Baghdad
Shia Muslims believe this man should have been the successor to Muhammad, but he was assassinated?
Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law
How do Muslims express themselves artistically usually?
Through Calligraphy