Vocabulary
A Muslim leader
What is caliph
Which group won followers by teaching Islam?
What is Sufis
They had a vision; became a merchant; was an orphan; began to preach to congregations.
What is Muhammad.
The Shia and Sunni both agreed there were 7 gods.
"The first four caliphs were close ______ or ______ of _________."
What is close friends, relatives, and Muhammad.
A Seljuk leader
What is sultan
Which river was Baghdad along?
What is the Tigris River.
They spread Islam into Afghanistan and eastern Mediterranean; organized a navy; improved the government; built more roads, bridges, and canals; distributed text of the Quran.
What is Uthman
Solomon Ben Gabriol was a poet and philosopher.
What is true
"Muslim warriors entered _____ from _____ ______ in the early 700s."
What is Spain and North Africa.
"a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning."
What is principles
In what city did the Jewish community flourish?
What is Cordoba.
A Jewish thinker who left Spain a a very young age; they became a physician in the Muslim royal court in Egypt; they wrote philosophy and the Jewish laws.
What is Moses Maimonides
Abbasid caliphs ruled the Arab until 1358.
What is False.
Today, Sikhism is the world's ______ largest religion.
What is fifth
A group of Muslims who believed the descendants of Ali should rule
What is Shia
At what age did Suleiman l become the sultan of the Ottoman Empire?
What is at the age of 26.
They were an English thinker; they practiced the law and medicine in Cordoba; they are best known for their writings based on the the Greek Philosopher Aristole; they work influenced other thinkers in Europe.
What is Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
The Ottoman leader was called a sultan, like the leader of Seljuks.
What is true
"The ________ developed a rich ________, but they could not hold their empires together."
What is Abbasids and culture.
A group of Muslims who accepted the rule of the Umayyad caliphs.
What is Sunni
What is known for its internal design featuring mosaic tiles?
What is The Shah Mosque
They were twice the Ottoman ruler; they were known as "The Conquerer"; they seized the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Mehmet II
Discontent was especially strong in Mesopotamia and Persia, where Shia Islam wasn't popular.
What is false
"During the late 1600s, _____ and ______ rebelled against the Monguls."
What is Sikha and Hindas.