Vocabulary
A very long piece of land near Southeast Asia.
Arabian Peninsula
The followers of Islam are called what name?
Muslim
What was the popular Indian game called?
Chess
What was cutting edge at the time?
Equality
Who were the Umayyads?
The caliphs
Somone who has no home and moves from place to place
Nomad
Who is Islam’s prophet?
Muhammad
What was the developed method in Islam called?
Al-Jabar
Who invented the study of algebra?
al-Khwarizimi
When did the Abbasids stop ruling?
A. 1258
A place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic, marked by a building or other construction.
A shrine
What year did Muhammad die?
632 C.E
What type of art style did the Muslim artists make?
Geometric shapes and floral patterns
Muslims merchants began to spread the religion where?
Northern Africa
Who overthrew the Abbasids?
The Shia
Someone who spends their time seated/inactive.
Sedentary
How did the Sufis get people to follow Islam?
They encouraged a personal and more emotional approach to Islam
What did Islamic Scholars discover about metal?
They discovered that it was a mixture of sulfur and mercury.
What united all of the Arabian Peninsula under the new faith?
Muhammad
How did the Abbasids come to power?
The Abbasids along with the Shia muslims rebelled against the Umayyads
he muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place last month of the year
Hajj
Why did the Shia and the Sunni divide?
They couldn’t agree as to who should be Muhammad’s heir after he died
What designs and buildings were built to show respect for God and Muhammad?
Geometric shapes and Mosques with columns and domes.
Muslim artists were perfect at what?
The art of ceramics and metalworking
Why did Muslim groups overthrow the Umayyads?
Many Muslims were angry that Arab Muslims had the best jobs and paid lower taxes