Islamic Empires
Umayyad's
What were the 2 majority groups of the Islamic religion?
Shiites and Sunnis
Who founded Islam?
Muhammad
What is the Islamic place of worship?
What is the only place life can flourish in the Arabian Peninsula?
Oasis
Who overthrew the Umayyads?
Abbasids
Who were the Sunni's?
any muslim can be caliph
What is the Islamic Holy Book?
Quran
The Islamic architects got their inspiration from who?
Egyptians, Romans, Byzantines, Persians
What is the most important city in Arabia?
Mecca
Nomads from Central Asia
Mughals
only family of Muhammad can be caliph
What is the teachings and practices of Muhammad called?
Sunna
A typical mosque is topped with a?
dome
Who were the nomadic herders of Arabia?
Safavids
Muhammad was known as a?
Prophet
What is the basis of Islamic Law called?
Sharia
What points in the direction of Mecca?
Mihrab
Where did the Abbasids move their Islamic Capitial to?
Overthrew the capital city of Istanbul to establish their empire
Ottomans
Who was the angel that came to Muhammad?
Gabriel
1.5 Billion
What are the 5 aspects of Muslim Architecture we talked about in class?
Dome, Minarets, Mihrab, Calligraphy, Arabesque
The Umayyads capital was located where?
Damascus