Islamic Caliphates
This Sunni caliphate was the last time that Islam was united under one political government.
What is the Abbasid Empire?
Which two resources were prized over gold in Mali?
What are salt and copper?
"Chinggis" or "Ghengis Khan" is a title that means "Great Ruler". What was the first name for this famous leader?
Who is Temujin?
This is the religion practiced originally by the Mongols
What is shamanism?
The Derrius coin, a currency replaced by an Islamic version, was the coin of which empire?
Byzantine
The breeding of a new version of this animal is a technological innovation that drastically improved trans-Saharan travel.
What is the camel?
The Mongols were not always vicious. Sometimes they offered their opponents the choice to ____ or be destroyed.
surrender to the Mongols
The Five Pillars of Islam include the Shahada (profession of faith), Salat (prayer), Zakat (alms-giving) Sawm (fasting), and _____ (pilgrimage)
What is the Hajj?
Who are the Rightly Guided Caliphs?
This ruler of the Mali empire spent so much gold on his travel to Mecca that it caused inflation.
Who is Mansa Musa?
The Chagatai Khanate gave birth to the leaders of which empire located in India?
The Mughal Empire
This is what you call a story about Muhammed's life that has a moral.
What is a hadith?
The translation, copying, and distribution of ___ was extremely important to the Abbasids and is largely responsible for the golden age of science, art, and philosophy that occurs with the Abbasids.
Books!
This empire preceded (came before) Mali.
What is the Ghana Empire?
The Mongols learned about _____ by capturing enemies who lived in fortresses and interrogating them at length about what methods would be best to fight them.
what is SIEGE WARFARE
The name of the Mongol dynasty in China
Yuan dynasty