Islamic Religion
Setting the Stage
Expanding the World
Golden Age
Doing a Split
100
An Islamic house of worship
What is a mosque
100
the language which the Qur'an and all religious rituals are written/performed in.
What is Arabic
100
the first region (large body of land) put under control by the Islamic Empire
What is the Arabian Penninsula
100
Capital city created by the Abbasids in modern day Iraq
What is Baghdad
100
Moving the capital from here to hereafter the "Rightly Guided" Caliphs' rule alienated Arab Muslims from the Empire
What is Mecca to Damascus.
200
The Arabic name for their God
What is Allah
200
Trade routes which go through the Middle East connecting Rome to China
What is the Silk Road
200
Groups considered "people of the book" and receive special privileges for having similar beliefs to Islam.
Who are Christians and Jews
200
Form of mathematics developed in Baghdad utilizing Indian sources
What is Algebra
200
An Umayyad prince who survived the Abbasid overthrow fled to this Islamic region
What is Al-Andalus
300
A Muslim religious community
What is an umma
300
The belief in one god
What is monotheism
300
At its peak the Islamic world spanned from one of these bodies of water to the other.
What is the Atlantic Ocean and the Indus River
300
The type of scholars utilized to determine when to pray and what direction to pray in.
What are astronomers and mathematicians
300
Group that changed the Caliph's lifestyle from basic to lavish
Who are the Umayyads.
400
Meaning to follow Muhammad's example
What is Sunna
400
creating images or statues for worship
What is idolatry
400
Name of the region under Islamic control that is modern day Spain
What is Al-Andalus
400
Type of cloth produced in Damascus and exported to other regions
What is Damask
400
These philosophers were utilized as a method to interpret shari'a law
Who are Aristotle and Plato
500
The religious leader in an Islamic community. Akin to a Rabbi or Bishop
What is an Imam
500
Muhammad's first successor and the first of the "Rightly Guided Caliphs"
Who is Aku-Bakr
500
This ended after the death of the fourth and last "Rightly Guided" Caliph
What is the elective system
500
The order social hierarchy in the Islamic Empire from top to bottom. (Four classes)
What is Muslims by birth, converted Muslims, protected people, slaves.
500
The dynasty of caliphs who the Sufi protested against
Who are the Umayyads
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