Key Terms and People
He was a prophet, merchant, and the leader/founder of Islam, who died in 632 CE.
Who is Muhammad?
Groups such as the Mamluks, Mongols, and Seljuk Turks who gained power during the Abbasid Empire came from this region.
What is Central Asia?
Islamic thinkers translated works from Aristotle and other scholars of this civilization into Arabic.
What is Greece?
(True or False) Islamic women generally had a higher status in society than Jewish or Christian women.
What is True?
(True or False) Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Umayyad Spain were constantly at odds with each other and rarely had peace.
What is False?
This was a renowned hub of learning in Baghdad during the time of the Abbasid Empire, which helped Muslims spread knowledge throughout Afro-Eurasia.
What is the House of Wisdom?
The Crusaders, troops organized by European Christians, were created to reopen access to this sacred city.
What is Jerusalem?
What is paper-making?
The practice of Muslim women observing ___, them wearing a covering and/or dressing modestly, originated from before the time of Muhammad.
What is hijab?
The Islamic military’s loss at this battle marked the limit of Islam’s expansion into Western Europe.
What is the Battle of Tours?
Enslaved Turks from Central Asia took control of the Egyptian government in the 13th Century and established this state.
What is the Mamluk Sultanate?
After the Mongols halted Seljuk rule in 1258, this group of people stopped their attempts to push westward.
Who are the Mamluks?
These special Muslims played an important role in the spread of Islam as missionaries and focused on introspection to grasp major truths.
Who are Sufis?
Due to the fact that Muhammad’s first wife ___, a tradition was set for the recognition of the abilities of women.
What is ’was educated’ and/or ‘owned a business’?
This scholar, known as Averroes in Europe, wrote multiple impactful works on law, the natural sciences, and secular philosophy.
Who is Ibn Rushd?
This Islamic state in Spain during Umayyad rule was a center of learning and tolerance for different faiths.
What is al-Andalus?
The Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt prospered by overseeing the trade of these two commodities between Europe and the Islamic world.
What are cotton and sugar?
Ibn Khaldun, an Islamic historian, founded the fields of historiography (study of historians’ methods) and ___.
What is sociology?
One way that the prophet Muhammad raised the status of females in society was by denouncing this, the killing of newborn girls.
What is female infanticide?
The Umayyads first invaded Spain from the south in this century.
What is the 8th Century?
She was a Sufi poet who wrote the famous “Clear Inspiration, on Praise of the Trusted One” to honor Muhammad.
Who is ‘A’ishah al-Ba’uniyyah?
The Muslim Seljuk Turks began to conquer much of the Middle East in this century.
What is the 11th Century?
The religion of Islam allowed slavery, but forbade slavery of these four religious groups.
Who are Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians?
What are (any 3) inheriting property, retaining ownership after marriage, remarrying if widowed, initiating divorce, practicing birth control, and protection from retaliation in court?
These were ships created in India or China with long, slender hulls that were used heavily for trade during Umayyad rule in Spain.
What are dhows?