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Why are Muslims required to make a pilgrimage during their lifetime?
to commemorate Muhammad’s last trip to Mecca
What were the roles of scholars in Islam?
Scholars would learn and spread new ideas throughout the Islamic empire.
Which statement best defines how Islamic art was used in the Islamic empire?
It gave mosques patterns and designs that were used in many places.
Who was keeping Christians from entering the Holy Land?
Muslims
Although the Crusades was between Christians and Muslims, which religious group was also attacked?
Jews
How did the Magna Carta help lead to democracy hundreds of years later?
How did the Magna Carta help lead to democracy hundreds of years later?
How did the Crusades help expand trade with the Islamic world?
How did the Crusades help expand trade with the Islamic world?
What document in the United States used some ideas from the Magna Carta?
What document in the United States used some ideas from the Magna Carta?
Many used trade routes through the Arabian Peninsula to reach parts of Africa and Asia. They traveled with a caravan, usually using camels to help them through their journey. Why was this method of transportation challenging for traders?
The desert had few water resources
The desert had few water resources
Who decided to begin the Crusades because the Holy Land was being withheld?
The pope
Why did Alexius I ask Pope Urban II for help?
Conquests by the Muslim Turks made travel to the Holy Land difficult.
Where did Islamic scholars come from?
Arabian Peninsula
Identify a contribution of Islamic scholars.
libraries
medicine
calligraphy
What are some contributions from the Islamic empire?
art
architecture
science
medicine
algebra and calculus
How did Muslims spread their faith?
trade
missionary work
military battles
What were some effects of the Crusades?
Trade between Europe and the Muslim world grew.
The pope became a religious and secular leader.
Jewish people were killed for their beliefs.
Give an example of how the Arabian Peninsula was useful.
Merchants could travel and trade between North Africa and Southwest Asia.
What physical characteristics best describes the area of the Arabian Peninsula?
sandy deserts
dry plains
little water
Why was Jerusalem and Palestine known as the Holy Land?
They included sites that were important to Jewish and Christian people.
What religion became one of the world's major religions that influenced art, literature, and politics?
Islam
Why did barons and merchants force King John to sign the Magna Carta?
He raised taxes to pay for a war.
How did people traveled in the Islamic empire?
Camels
Use "Camels in the Peninsula" on pg. 22 to answer the following question. Provide 3 examples as to how camels were useful in the desert.
Camels had a nose that kept them from breathing in the sand.
Camels thick fur protected it from the hot Sun.
Camels could walk long distances on the loose sand.
Camels had a third eyelid that could close to protect it from the sand.
How long did the Crusades last?
200 years
How did the Crusades affect Christian, Muslim, and Jewish people across Europe?
How did the Crusades affect Christian, Muslim, and Jewish people across Europe?