the establishment of a dynasty after assassination of Ali
What is Umayyad Dynasty?
100
borrowed _____ from Chinese inventors and used it to guide them on the high seas
What is compass?
100
Muslim theologians mistrusted _____
What is Sufis?
100
The holy pilgrimage to Mecca
What is hajj?
200
large black rock that is considered to be the dwelling of a powerful deity
Who is Ka'ba?
200
Islamic armies carried their religion and their authority to _____ and ______ territories
What are Byzatine and Sasanid?
200
borrowed ______ from southeast Asian and Indian mariners
What is lateen sail?
200
Muslim conquerors borrowed from the Sasanid empire, which were crucial for the organization of the imperial structure through which Umayyad and Abbasid rulers governed their vast empire
What are adminstrative techniques?
200
House of Islam
What is dar al-Islam?
300
Nomadic peoples kept herds of sheep, goats, and camels
What is bedouin?
300
led to Umayyad decline
What is luxurious living rather than zealous leadership of the umma?
300
A flourishing port city on the Persian Gulf
What is Siraf?
300
Whose works Arabs traslated and interpreted in commentaries
What are Plato and Aristotle?
300
Submission
What is Islam?
400
Muhammad offended most of the ____ by denouncing greed as moral wickedness that Allah would punish
What are Mecca's ruling elites?
400
founded Abbasid dynasty
Who is Abu al-Abbas?
400
Slaves came from
What are Russia and eastern Europe?
400
Muslim thinkers absorbed ___ philosophy, and used it to advance the interests of their own society
What is Greek philosophy?
400
One who has submitted
What is individual who accepts the Islamic faith?
500
Agriculture is only possible in
What is Yemen (city of Medina)?
500
led to Abbasid decline
What is civil war between Harun's sons?
500
Engage in trade with Russia by way of the ______ and _____ Rivers
What are Dnieper and Volga Rivers?
500
al-Ghazali or Ibn Rushd was born first
Who is al-Ghazali?
500
Provided food and fresh green vegetables for her fellow pilgrims and furnished five hundred camels for handicapped travelers