The Rise of Islam
One of Abraham's sons, ________________, became the ancestor of the Bedouin nomads of the _______________ _______________.
Ishmael
Arabian Penisula
It was around the year _____________, in the city of Mecca, that a man named ________________ claimed the angel Gabriel visited him.
622
Muhammad
Islam was confined to the ______________ _______________ when Muhammad died in __________.
Arabian Peninsula
632
When the Muslims invaded the Iberian Penisula (where Spain and Portugal are located), their presence caused a major upset in the existing culture. ______________ culture at this time heavily borrowed from _______________ culture.
Islamic
Arabic
__________-_______________ are forbidden to enter the city. They can get in trouble for trying to sneak in to Makkah/Mecca.
Non-Muslims
A religion called ______________ took root in the Arabian Penisula and then rapidly spread throughout the ______________ ___________.
Islam
Middle East
Muhammad died in ______________, and Islam had spread to all modern-day Saudi Arabia, except for the northernmost section, as well as its neighboring countries on the Arabian Peninsula.
632
In the 30 years after Muhammads' death, Islam spread east, south, and west under the ________________ _______________.
Rashidun Caliphate
Muslims were expected to speak _______________ and adopt ______________ culture even if they were not _____________.
Arabic
Arabic
Arabs
All Muslims are supposed to go to Mecca on a ________________ at least once in their lifetime. This is called a ___________, and people who go on one are called ______________.
pilrimage
hajj
hajji
As a young man, Muhammad had spent much time by himself praying to the Bedouin gods. One day, Muhammad had been praying in a cave, when he claimed to have received a _____________ about ______________, a false god.
vision
Allah
The followers, caliphs of Muhammad, ruled one at a time and replaced each other upon death. However the last one was murdered in ___________, and his death started a civil war that led to the Muslim religion being divided between ____________ and ______________ Muslims.
656
Sunni
Shia
Age of Caliphs
Prophet Muhammad ___________ - ___________
*Bonus*
622-632
The Muslims who invaded Spain were not Arabs - they were _____________ ________________ _______________. Their culture was partially ______________ and partially Arab. Their distinct culture mixed with the Christian and Jewish cultures that were already in Spain.
North African Berbers
Berber
Medina is located about ___________ miles north of Mecca. Muhammad lived most of his life in ____________, but he is buried in ___________.
300
Mecca
Medina
Muhammad was eventually forced to run away to a town called ________________. As Muhammad lived in _____________, he taught everyone about the false god ____________ and the _______________, his false holy book.
*Bonus*
Draw Muhammad leaving Mecca -pg63
Medina
Medina
Allah
Quran
The Umayyads were a wealthy merchant family who only converted to Islam late in Muhammad's life. Nevertheless, they quickly became valued administrators for him and his successors. As the religion plunged into civil war in the dispute over who should rule, the Umayyads themselves emerged as the winners by _______________.
661
Age of Caliphs
Rashidun Caliphate ___________ - ___________
*Bonus*
632-661
Among the distinct people groups who emerged from this new culture mixing was a group of Christians who remained unconverted to Islam yet adopted the Arabic culture of the Muslims, including their language. The _______________, or _____________________ as they are called in Spanish, lived under Muslim rule relatively peacefully for centuries.
Mozarab
Mozárabes
The city's economy is largely centered around the _______________, including providing food, shelter, and other services. ______________ visit the city every year to make the __________________.
pilgrimages
millions
pilgrimage
The _________________ ________________ ruled from ______________, and they oversaw an even more extensive expansion of the religion. Under the __________________, Islamic control stretched even farther west across North Africa, as well as farther into Central Asia, including the modern-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They also expanded into Europe, gaining control of most of what is today Spain and Portugal.
Umayyad Caliphate
Damascus
Umayyads
The Visigoths' culture had actually been greatly influenced by the Romans, and they now considered themselves Christians and lived settled lives. Though they were originally from Eastern Europe, by the ____________'s, they were living in what is now Spain. Everything was going along uneventfully for them until the early _____________'s when there was a dispute over who would be king. Some of the Visigoths invited the ______________ to come over and help them regain power over their kingdom because the _______________ had reputations as excellent soldiers. The scheme was destined to end in disaster.
*Bonus*
The Muslim soldiers who went to Spain were a group of people called ______________. They lived across the __________________ in ____________ _____________, where they still live today.
500
700
Umayyads
Umayyads
*Bonus*
Berbers
Mediterranean
North Africa
Age of Caliphs
Umayyad Caliphate ___________ - ___________
*Bonus*
661-750
Interestingly, the Mozarab often lived in their own special sections, right inside large Muslim cities. They led prosperous lives and ruled their own communities with their own officials. They built and maintained their own churches and monasteries and even translated the ____________ _________ _____________ into _______________.
*Bonus*
Draw the Illustrated manuscript page from Leon Bible of 96.
page 71
Word of God
Arabic
______________ is another pilgrimage city in Saudi Arabia. Like Mecca, ____________-_________________ are not allowed to enter it.
Medina
non-Muslims