Pillars of Faith
All Muslims are required to do this once in their lifetime.
What is make a pilgrimage to Mecca.
By the year 750, the Muslim Empire had expanded to these three continents.
What are Asia, Africa and Europe.
What did Mehmed rename Constantinople?
What is Istanbul?
All Muslims are instructed to fast during this period.
What do Muslims do during Ramadan?
Muhammad called Muslims, Christians and Jews "people of the book" for this reason.
What is they all believe in one God and they all have a sacred text.
In what two ways did Islam spread?
Military conquests and trade.
note- in the first 100 years in spread through war and conquest
Mehmed conquered this city and took down the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople.
Muhammad was born here and it is considered the center of Islam.
What is Mecca?
Who was the Sultan (king) during the Ottoman Empire's Golden Age?
Suleiman the Magnificent
How did a middle class emerge during the Ottoman Empire?
Merchants and Artisans gained wealth as the trade routes grew and expanded.
Name a prophet common to all three monotheistic religions.
Who is Abraham, or Moses. Also the angel Gabriel.
Why was the Arabian Peninsula a good location for trade?
It is on many trade routes over land and sea. It is surrounded on three sides by water. It is near both Europe and Africa.
Muslim astronomers discovered this about the Earth.
What is rotation (or spinning) or circumference and spherical shape.
These two things spread to the diverse people and cultures in the vast Muslim empire through the Silk Road?
What are Islam and Arabic.
Islam, Christianity and Judaism consider this city to be holy.
What is Jerusalem?
In a dispute over who should lead Islam, the religion split into these two branches.
What are Shi'a and Sunni.
Depictions of these are generally missing from Islamic art.
What are people and animals.
The Silk Road made Asia, Europe and Africa more interconnected. What is this called?
Globalization