Byzantine Empire
The modern-day country was once the heart of the Byzantine Empire?
What is Turkey?
The name of the one God for Muslims
What is Allah?
Achievements from the Islamic Golden age (specific is better)
What is/are (advancements in architecture, arabesque art, advancements in algebra, making academic books, poetry, tech., early hospitals etc.)
The animal that was crucial for trade across the Sahara Desert.
What is the camel?
This is the holy book of Islam, believed to be the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
What is the Qur'an?
The location of the Byzantine Empire was so important for trade
What is it was located at the crossroads (in between) of Europe, The Middle East and Asia, controlling key trade routes between the Mediterranean?
The place of worship for Muslims.
The city that became a center of learning and culture during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is Baghdad?
The African Empire (there are two options) that was known for its wealth from trade in the Trans-Saharan trade routes.
What is the Ghana Empire (or the Mali Empire)?
This large desert in North Africa played a key role in trade, as Muslim merchants crossed it using camel caravans to carry their products and belongings with them.
What is the Sahara Desert?
The major religion that was practiced in the Byzantine Empire
What is Orthodox Christianity
The region where Islam originated
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
Muslim scholars preserved and translated the works of this ancient civilization, preserving/ helping keep its knowledge alive for centuries.
What is Ancient Greece?
The region of Africa that became the center of the Trans-Saharan trade, especially for gold.
What is West Africa?
This strategic city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and a major center of trade between Europe and Asia?
What is Contantinople?
Influenced strongly by which two civilizations before them
What are the Greeks and the Romans?
The title given to the religious and political leaders who guided the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad
What is caliph?
The locations of where the Islamic Golden Age were located in.
What is/ are the Middle East, North Africa, Iberian Peninsula (Spain)?
The trans-Saharan trade routes connected these two major regions in Africa (this is how products such as gold, salt, textiles, etc. got exchanged).
What are North and West Africa?
Along with religion, Muslim merchants introduced this written language to West Africa which was later used in government and scholarship.
What is Arabic?
Strong defenses, a strategic location, and a well-organized government that helped maintain stability
What is "why the Byzantine Empire survived after the Roman Empire declined"
The people who (describe them) opposed Muhammad’s teachings early on and why?
What is the Quraysh tribe (merchants) and because they were polytheistic and controlled trade in Mecca. They also feared that if Muhammad's teachings became popular, they would lose control of their city. Mecca used to also house idols and be a site for pilgrimage.
During the Islamic Golden Age, Muslims ruled this region of southern Europe for centuries, influencing its architecture and language.
What is Al- Andalus or Islamic Spain?
The wealth gained from trans-Saharan trade allowed West African rulers to build strong kingdoms and major centers of learning in major cities such as...
What is Timbuktu?
Islam mostly spread to Africa, Europe, and Asia, through these two methods.
What are trade and conquest?