Arab Life in Desert
What do you call a green area in a desert fed by underground water?
An oasis
What is the Quran?
The holy book of Islam
What do you call a Muslim leader/ruler?
A caliph
What city did the Abbasids make the capital of the Arab Empire?
Baghdad
What is a mosque?
What do you call a group of traveling merchants and animals?
A caravan
What city did Muhammad and his people flee to for safety?
Medina/Madinah
Who took control of the Arab Empire after the Umayyad caliphs?
The Abbasid
What group stormed into Baghdad, killed 50,000 people, and brought an end to the Arab Empire?
The Mongols
What is a bazaar?
A marketplace
What is a sheikh?
The leader of an Arab tribe.
When Muhammad returned from the cave and began preaching, what did he tell the Arab people?
There was only one God (Allah) and they must destroy statues of fake gods.
Who believed that Ali was the rightful heir and all future caliph's should be Ali's descendants?
The Shia
What beliefs did the Sunni and Shia share?
They believed in one god and they followed the guidelines of the Quran and Five Pillars of Islam
What would Muslims bring with them to trade with other civilizations?
carpets, spices, cloth, glass, crops (sugar, rice, oranges, cherries, cotton)
Why was it important to be loyal to your tribe in the desert?
It helped keep you safe/helped you survive in the desert.
Why did the merchants and religious leaders not like Muhammad's message?
They were afraid he was challenging their power/authority. They did not want to change their way of life.
Jews and Christians
What is three empires ruled after the Arab Empire collapsed?
Ottoman, Safavid, and Mogul
What is contribution Muslims made to science?
experimented with metals, improved astrolabe, proved earth was round, described sun's eclipses, proved moon affected tides
How did the geography of the Arabian Peninsula affect the lives of people who lived there?
had to be able to survive in the desert, mostly had contact with other civilizations for trade
belief, charity, pilgrimage, prayer, fasting
What was the Spanish city was a center of Islam?
What was the role of women in Muslim society?
Why do mosques contain designs like flowers and stars?
They were opposed to idol worship.