Islamic Expansion
First caliph to expand into Arabian Peninsula
Abu Bakr
Non-muslims could still worship but had to pay a:
Tax
Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, "House of Wisdom"
Baghdad
Famous collection of tales including Aladdin
Arabian Nights
City that resisted Muslim conquest
Constantinople
Two empires weakened by centuries of fighting
Sassanid and Byzantine
Religion Europeans tried to protect in the Crusades
Christianity
Types of numbers introduced from Syria
Arabic
Materials Muslims learned to make from Chinese
Paper
Secret weapon of Byzantines
Greek Fire
Dynasty that moved capital to Damascus
Umayyad
Muslims taught rejecting Islam meant eternal:
Hell
"Father of Optics"
Alhazan
"Father of Medicine"
Avicenna
Religion spread north from the Byzantines
Greek Orthodox
Region conquered by 732 AD
Modern Spain or Africa
Those who converted could not return to their old:
faith
Deviced improved for navigation
Astrolabe
Substance refined by Muslims for better use from China
Gunpowder
Frankish leader who stopped Muslim advance at Tours
Charles Martel
By 750 AD, expansion reached the border of this country
India
Leaving Islam could result in being put to:
death
"Father of Chemistry"
Jabir
Farming device used to help pump water
Windmill
732 AD