Basics of Islam
What is a follower of Islam called?
Muslim
What was the name of the flight Muhammad took from Mecca to Medina?
The Hijra
What was the name of the clan who came to power after the death of Ali?
Umayyad Clan
What is a Golden Age?
An era characterized by significant contributions in arts and culture.
The Ottoman Empire started in this region of modern day Turkey
Anatolia
What is the word for "God", in Arabic?
Allah
What is the name of the term "house of Islam?"
Dar al-Islam
Where did the Umayyad Caliphate move their capital to?
Damascus
What are two characteristics found in most Golden Ages?
Stable leadership in government; Healthy economy
These warriors were kids taken at a young age from Christian villages and trained them to be elite warriors and fight military battles in service of the Ottomans
janissaries
Muhammad
What was the basis of the Sunni/ Shia split?
The two sides differed on who should succeed Muhammad as caliph
Who conquered the Umayyad Caliphate?
Abbasid Clan
What did Muslims use tessellations?
Because they could not show the face of Allah or Muhammad.
To symbolize that there was no beginning or end of God
Of all of the empires, this empire is the only empires to be a Shia empire
Safavid Empire
What are the two main holy texts of Islam
Quran and the Hadiths
Which sect of Islam is larger today?
Sunni
Where did the Abbasid Dynasty move their capital?
Baghdad
What was the Translation Age?
The Translation Age was a period during the Golden Age where scholars would translate ancient manuscripts into Arabic and Arabic manuscripts into other languages of the empire?
Babur the Tiger entered India through this geographic feature to conquer the Delhi Sultanate and establish the Mughal empire
Khyber Pass
Along with Christianity and Judaism,Islam is considered one of the ___________ faiths?
Abrahamic
What was the title for the first four caliphs chosen by the Sunna?
Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
Who conquered the Abbasid Caliphate
Mongols
What are 2 contributions of the Golden Age of Islam
Muslims mathematicians invented the system of Algebra.
Physicians wrote many medical books
Physicians made experiments on eye site and paved the way for eye glasses, microscopes and telescopes.
This Mughal ruler is known as the greatest of all the Mughal rulers
Akbar the Great