Islam
The main religion of the Middle East and the founder of this religion
Islam, Muhammad
toleration
The phrase "from southern Spain across north Africa, occupying the Arabian Peninsula to SE Asia" once described the extent of who?
Muslim World
What is a golden age?
A period of sustained prosperity, achievements, stability WASP
The Ottomans were able to capture Constantinople with the use of this.
cannons
The two different groups/sects of the Islamic Faith?
Sunni & Shiite
The name of a Muslim ruler in India
Sultan
What are two major cities important to the Islamic faith and Muhammad
Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
This was offered to non-Islamic people during the Islamic Golden age?
Religious Freedom with a tax
He was known for uniting the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan region?
Suleiman the Magnificent
Islam has these three things in common with Judaism and Christianity
Monotheism, Abraham, Jerusalem
The Taj Mahal was built for this purpose
tomb for Akbar's grandson's 14th wife
Where all Muslims must travel to, according to the fifth pillar of Islam?
Mecca
The achievements of Islam's golden age are closely associated with which two civilizations?
Greeks and Romans
One of the strengths of the Ottoman Empire used these people to gain more territory?
Their army (The Janissaries)
The Five Pillars of Islam and the Ten commandments are both similar in that they
provide a guide to moral behavior/code
Muslim and Hindu cultures clashed becasue of three reasons
god(s), reincarnation/afterlife, caste system/equality
Jerusalem is important to these three religions
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
This group spread Islam to its furthest reaches- as far as Spain in Europe and all throughout Northern Africa?
The Umayyad Dynasty
What were two ways Sulieman was able to MAINTAIN power over the conquered?
A stable form of government (LAWGIVER), enforced law code, created schools, built fortresses, toleration
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
What is worship only Allah, give charity, visit shrine in mecca, fast during Ramadan, pray 5x day
Babur's dynasty reached this far in India
Himalya's to Deccan Plateau
This empire dominated the eastern Mediterranean Sea (1500's), Conquered Egypt and Syria (1517), Laid siege to Vienna (1529)
Ottoman Empire
Identify who, where and why the golden age of Islam took place.
What is Baghdad (Middle East), Abbasid Caliphate 750-1258, stability, trade
How were the Ottoman's able to CONSOLIDATE power?
took over Byzantine Empire - ISLAM, acted against corrupt officials